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The “Port of Sotogrande” Beach (San Roque, Cadiz, Spain) has suffered significant erosion and changes since the construction of the marina and port of Sotogrande (San Roque, Cadiz, Spain). This paper reviews the dynamical processes on Guadiaro front and establishes relationship between them. It sets from a comparative evolution of the Alboran Sea Coast outlets and bays since the Little Ice Age, which shows that the Guadiaro estuary has remained functional while all other Alboran fluvial estuaries silted to soon become deltas, to analyse the most detailed recent changes on the beach. The study shows the evidences of the coastal impacts around the mouth, even further than mouth littoral barriers, of the port infrastructures; and it provides new elements to understand the dynamical processes on the mouth and surroundings as well. That should be fundamental for shore protection along the whole coastal stretch.
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Diez, J.J., Fernando, R., Veiga, E.M. (2014). Coastal Impacts Around Guadiaro River Mouth (Spain). In: Lollino, G., Manconi, A., Locat, J., Huang, Y., Canals Artigas, M. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08660-6_36
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