Caracterización morfodinámica y mecanismos de estructuración de la playa Monagre, Los Santos, Panamá.

Maritzel Carrera Flores; Nelva Villarreal; Italo Goti; Juan Antonio Gómez H.

doi:10.48204/j.tecno.v28n1.a8955

Submitted December 12, 2025

Published 2026-01-13

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): Tecnociencia

Morphodynamic characterization and morphological structuring of Monagre beach, Los Santos, Panama

Maritzel Carrera Flores⁺⁻
Nelva Villarreal ⁺⁻
Italo Goti ⁺⁻
Juan Antonio Gómez H. ⁺⁻

DOI https://doi.org/10.48204/j.tecno.v28n1.a8955

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DOI: 10.48204/j.tecno.v28n1.a8955

Published: 2026-01-13

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Carrera Flores, M., Villarreal , N., Goti , I. and Gómez H. , J. A. (2026) “Morphodynamic characterization and morphological structuring of Monagre beach, Los Santos, Panama”, Tecnociencia, 28(1), pp. 168–185. doi: 10.48204/j.tecno.v28n1.a8955.

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Abstract

The morphodynamic characteristics and type of breaking wave at Monagre Beach, Los Santos, Panama, were determined through the evaluation of oceanographic variables (height, period and amplitude of the breaking wave, angle of incidence of the wave on the beach); morphological variables (slope, granulometry and width of the beach) and meteorological variables (wind direction and speed), through monthly visits, on the day of the lowest syzygy tide, between March and August 2021. The tangent of the slope varied from 0.0164 in transept M1, with a beach width of 88.66 m, and 0.0130 in transept M2, with a length of 110.40 m. The granulometry was characterized by being fine sand (Mz = 2.23 j). The beach was characterized by being dissipative type, according to the Break Scale Parameter (639.92 ± 1 119.15) and the Surf Similarity Index (0.0018 ± 0.0013) and “spilling” type waves, according to the Iribarren Number (0.1492 ± 0.0865) and the Galvin Parameter (0.1749 ± 0.166), throughout the study period, in addition to the presence of a single transverse bar, according to the Bar Parameter (26.01 ± 27.15). According to the obtained data, a model was constructed of the interaction of the variables and the mixed effect of waves and tides on the morphological structuring of the beach, in addition to the impact of the wind, was built.

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