Equilibrium beach profile on sandy beach of the Mehdya coast of Morocco

¹ Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geology, Ibn Tofail University, BP, 133 Kenitra, Morocco
² Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geology, Ibn Tofail University, BP, 133 Kenitra, Morocco
³ Laboratory of Climatology, National University of Benin, Cotonou, Benin
⁴ National School of Mines, BP, 753, 14000 Agdal-Rabat, Morocco

^* Corresponding author: azidane.hind2013@gmail.com

Abstract

The world’s coastlines are shaped by mean sea level, wave conditions and storm surge. Climate change driven variations in these environmental forcing’s will inevitably have a profound effect on the coastal zone. They will result in unprecedented coastal recession, threatening billions of dollars worth of coastal developments and infrastructure. Coastal erosion is observed in some locations along Atlantic alluvial plain (Kenitra coastal (Morocco)) and is an important factor to consider for the coastal zone management. Therefore, for coastal recession estimates are obtained via the simple, deterministic method (Bruun rule) especially, that has been widely used over the last 50 years. It is in widespread contemporary use at a global scale both as a management tool and as a scientific concept. We investigated the potential erosion at the site and the result was very important. The result shows a severe erosion of the 21^st century.