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Theories and empirical studies of longshore sediment transport rates within the surf zone have generally assumed or have estimated in some ad hoc manner, the contribution of suspended-load sediment to total-load transport. However, there has been broad disagreement upon the importance of suspended-load transport; ranging from dominant (Watts, 1953, Fairchild, 1972; Dean, 1973; Galvin, 1972; Brenninkmeyer, 1976; and Kana, 1977) to less than one-half of the bedload transport (Komar and Inman, 1970; Komar, 1976, 1978; and Inman et al., 1980). Fairchild (1977), Kana (1977, 1978, 1979), Kana and Ward (1980) and Inman et al. (1980) suggest that the ratio of suspended load to total load is not constant, but that the importance of suspended load varies for different surf zone conditions (e. g., breaker type) and wave intensities.
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Zampol, J.A., Inman, D.L. (1989). Discrete Measurements of Suspended Sediment. In: Seymour, R.J. (eds) Nearshore Sediment Transport. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2531-2_24
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