Abstract:
The study on distribution and movement of sediment was conducted along Pantai
Penarik, Terengganu. The studied was carried out in order to determine the
distribution of sediment and beach profile changes. The direction of sediment
movement was also revealed based on sediment characteristics and beach profiling.
The physical parameters such as rain distribution and wind velocity play an important
role where, they influences the changes of beach profile and sediment characteristics.
The sampling was conducted in eight transects with approximately 2 kilometer
distance between each transects except transect 3 and 4. The sampling coordinate was
set same as the previous studied. Transit Sokkia C4 l O was used during the sampling
to take the reading of the beach profiles. Besides that, the Moment Method was used
to calculate the sedimentology characteristics. Based on the changes of beach profile,
we can see that, during Northeast monsoon season, the transect 1, 5 and 8 was
undergoes both erosion and deposition process, while the others transect was
undergoes erosion process. Furthermore, during post-monsoon the beach profile of all
transect was changed, where all transect was eroded compared to the previous studied
that the beach profile of all transect was deposited.
