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Juzer Noman1*, Willian N. Cassol1, Sylvie Daniel1 and Damien Pham Van Bang2 1Laval University, Canada 2INRS Eau Terre Environnement, Canada The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Receive an email when it is updated The identification of bedforms has an important role in the study of seafloor morphology. The presence of these dynamic structures on the seafloor represents a hazard for navigation.
1. Introduction Nowadays, vertical and impermeable seawalls are still in service in many places as coastal defenses. However, these structures amplify the wave height and provoke local erosion at the toe seawall lowering the beach profile [1]. Thus, sediment scouring due to wave impacts in these structures is still an essential subject to study not only for economic issues but also for understanding physical processes and optimizing new designs.
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