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Table 5 Sedimentological and morphodynamic characteristic of the Heist and De Panne beaches (after Degraer et al. 2003)

From: Horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna on sandy beaches of the North Sea (The Netherlands, Belgium, France)

 

Slope (°)

Grain size (μm)

Ω

RTR

BSI

Min–max

Mean

Heist

0.7

227–275

255

6.8

10.0

4.2

De Panne

0.7

177–235

199

6.2

8.7

3.4

  1. Ω (dimensionless) Dean’s parameter of dimensionless fall velocity, RTR (dimensionless) Relative Tidal Range, BSI (dimensionless) Beach State Index