A study on erosion and the associated grain-size distribution at Kemasik and Kuala Abang beach, Terengganu

Abstract

A study on erosion on beach morphology and sediment characteristics has been done along the Kuala Abang and Kemasik beach. Each beach was divided into 6 stations with interval for Kuala Abang is 300m and Kemasik is 500 meter from a station to another station. Sampling at each study site conducted in twice which was in May 2011 and January 2012. Sampling of beach profile data was carried out from first vegetation at berm area until low tide area. Sediment analysis was done by collecting about more than 1 OOg of sediment at high, mid and low tide. The beach morphology for both study area change dynamically with time. In this study, each of the study sites shows different result such as mean and beach slope. This shows that which beach has more undergo process erosion and deposition.