Author(s)

Parviz Soltani¹, Mehdi Behdarvandi Askar^2*, Hossein Bahrami², Sadegh Haghighi Pour³

¹Coastal Engineering, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.
²Department of Offshore Structures, Faculty of Marine Engineering, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.
³Department of Civil Engineering, Khuzestan University Jihad Higher Education Center, Khuzestan, Iran.

Naiband Gulf is part of Naiband National Park known as Iran’s first marine national park. It is Iran’s most important habitats in the northern Persian Gulf due to mangrove forests, coral community, and community of marine animals. The study examines the sediment transport in the Naiband Gulf and around it, where to achieve this. First, the required data including coastline information, sediment profile, and bathymetry information and waves are obtained. Then by Mike21, 2011 Version models, it was attempted to simulate waves and currents due to it in the coastal zone to determine the rate and direction of sediment transport in the Naiband Gulf area. The results obtained in this study indicate that the majority of sediment transport directions on both sides of the gulf have been internal. The existence of structures in the north and south of the Gulf has reduced alongshore sediment flows and sedimentation, especially in the south of the gulf that is a serious threat to corals.

Naiband Gulf, Mike21 Software, Sediment Transport, Ecosystem

Soltani, P. , Askar, M. , Bahrami, H. and Pour, S. (2017) Evaluation of Sediment Transport in the Naiband Gulf Area Using Mike21. Open Journal of Geology, 7, 182-192. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2017.72012.