Appendix A: Summary of Headland-Bay Data Base
Table A1. Summary of fitting of the three headland-bay equilibrium shapes to 46 beaches
Beach
Log-spiral
Parabolic
Hyperbolic Tangent
α
β
Length
No.
R0
R0
a
b
(m)
Head.
(m)
(m)
(m)
(m)
m
()
()
Beach
Bans
(c)
2
348
159
88.26
114
25.63
214
76.7
7.46e-3
0.456
Mlaga, Spain
(c*)
Bans
(e)
2
245
157
75.62
68
80.00
152
86.2
1.52e-2
0.544
Mlaga, Spain
(e*)
Benalmdena
(d)
2
830
74.12
716
75.31
685
533.6
3.91e-3
0.519
Mlaga, Spain
S. Antonio Calonge
(b)
2
325
160
87.86
91
Girona, Spain
(b*)
77.78
100
81.3
1.36e-2
0.420
S. Antonio Calonge
(c)
2
342
167
88.02
105
90.0
Girona, Spain
(c*)
80.00
127
1.88e-2
0.617
Cunit
(j)
2
384 173
89.80
116
Tarragona, Spain
(j*)
39.47
135
83.29
1.18e-2
0.410
Cunit
(k)
2
588
298
75.61
276
Tarragona, Spain
(k*)
69.09
216
167.0
7.29e-3
0.364
Drakes Bay, CA, USA
2
16397
38.75
12
33.33
11472
7178.0
1.01e-4
0.444
Kelleys Island, Lake Erie,
2
1930
86.12
841
78.84
1273
882.4
2.43e-3
0.813
OH, USA
Point Chehalis, WA, USA
2
1430
52.34
50
39.14
742
385.2
2.86e-3
0.548
Barceloneta
(a)
1.5/2
415
82.50
373
75.09
407
320.9
4.50e-3
0.533
Barcelona, Spain
Benalmdena
(c)
1.5/2
645
51.47
59
44.00
458
269.9
5.97e-3
0.439
Mlaga, Spain
Campello
(a)
1.5/2
220
60.38
253
55.24
135
108.8
1.26e-2
0.532
Alicante, Spain
Campello
(b)
1.5/2
619
82.64
461
67.34
668
614.9
2.88e-3
0.457
Alicante, Spain
Hunters Cove, OR, USA
1.5/2
815
64.98
270
78.58
735
427.4
3.35e-3
0.542
Benicassim,
Castelln,
1.5
687
32.47
1002
72.42
353
271.7
3.34e-3
0.355
Spain
Bodega Bay, CA, USA
1.5
3200
41.67
227
37.03
2201
1547.9
1.46e-3
0.815
S. Antonio Calonge
(d)
1.5
330
39.47
5
72.96
166
196.8
1.54e-3
0.403
Girona, Spain
Martha' Vinyard, MA,
s
1.5
4762
68.58
4725
71.54
4210
2731.7
4.80e-4
0.582
USA
Nantucket Is., Coskata,
1.5
18999
67.49
12689
80.00
11358
9139.4
3.47e-4
0.655
MA, USA
Nules,
(c)
1.5
525
59.99
61
49.81
55
164.2
9.70e-3
0.566
Castelln, Spain
Pelee Island (North) Lake
1.5
4231
50.15
2160
43.41
2717
1693.2
8.71e-4
0.665
Erie, Ontario, Canada
Sisters Rock, OR, USA
1.5
9376
27.49
6398
62.50
2937
973.5
3.87e-4
0.533
Tituna Spit (S) OR, USA
1.5
10563
23.27
28673
60.00
8001
3231.2
3.04e-4
0.650
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