Costa Banderas, a 300-hectare property located on the northern
shore of Banderas Bay on the Mexican Pacific coast, is to be
developed for tourism. Its 8-kilometer coastline is composed of
three long beaches and several narrow pocket beaches that are
separated by protruding cliffs and rock outcroppings. Freshwater
runoff is present at seven locations along the coast of Costa
Banderas through streams that vary in magnitude. Sediment samples
collected along the profile lines were analyzed for calcium
carbonate content and grain size distribution. These parameters
show a pronounced variation in the long-shore direction but not in
the cross-shore direction. Streams and cliffs in Costa Banderas
were sampled to determine the possible origin of the clastic
portion of the beach sand. A Distribution Component Analysis (DCA)
was carried out on the beach and stream samples. Relatively good
alignment of the normal components of stream and adjacent beach
samples is found for the three larger streams. This emphasizes the
importance of these streams as sediment sources. A conceptual
solution to attenuate Sea conditions by means of a submerged
breakwater is presented.
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