Source of sediment and sediment transport on the east coast of England: significant or coincidental phenomena?

Abstract

Some interesting coincidences occur in the geological phenomena of the eastcoast of England and the adjacent offshore areas of the North Sea. The boundaries between sands of different compositions on both the coast and in the offshore areas occur at approximately the same position. Furthermore, that of the coastal sands coincides with a change in coastal Quaternary geology. Both coastal and offshore boundaries, between sands of different compositions, are in the same general area as various dynamic boundaries of: changing directions of coastal littoral drift, offshore tidal current bed-load partings for sand, and inferred net sand transport changes due to lag effects produced by clockwise or anti-clockwise tidal current vector rotation. The relationships of the various phenomena indicates the likelihood of the importance of onshore transport along the Lincolnshire coast and North Norfolk coasts, as far east as Sheringham-Cromer area and offshore transport east of that location.