Shoreline Response to Clustered Storm Events in Southeast Australia

Southeast Australia case studies from Adelaide and Old Bar beaches present a framework for modelling shoreline erosion from clustered storm events. The data integrates coastal geomorphology and engineering approaches, using sediment compartments and sub-surface information like boreholes and ground-penetrating radar. This work is a contribution to the Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre project on storm surge resilience.

Use Cases

• Modeling site-specific shoreline erosion based on the described coastal sediment compartment framework.
• Assessing sediment volume changes in the upper beach to foredune using sub-surface data like boreholes and GPR profiles.
• Analyzing the impact of clustered storm event time series, including observed and hind-cast events, on coastal infrastructure.
• Informing coastal management priorities for metropolitan and regional beaches in Australia.

Strengths

• Focuses on two specific, high-priority case study areas: Adelaide metropolitan coast and Old Bar beach.
• Integrates multiple data sources and methodologies, including sub-surface information and event time series.
• Framework is designed to directly inform management agencies at a relevant spatial scale.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Framework integrates coastal geomorphology and engineering approaches, using mapped sediment compartments and sub-surface data.

Time Range

Includes historical events, notably the severe 1974 erosion, and likely contemporary observations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 12:45:20.713993; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southeast Australia, specifically Adelaide metropolitan coast (South Australia) and Old Bar beach (central New South Wales).