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Impact of Research on Coastal Flooding: Scottish Outer Hebrides

South Ford

A Dawson, C Gomez, W Ritchie, S Dawson and J Rowan 1


Construction of inter-island bridges and causeways

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Extreme storm and coastal flooding, January, 2005 - fatalities

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Recognition of effects of sustained extraction of beach material 4


Six causeway flood scenarios & problem of bridge A

B

100m long shallow opening

D

C

100m long deep opening

E

250m long deep opening

250m long shallow opening

F

450m long shallow opening

450m long deep opening

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