Long-term fluctuations in the volume of beach and foredune deposits along the coast of Latvia

Assessed in the course of this study is the sediment budget of five coastal sections with a total length of 32.5 km, along the sea coast of Latvia. These sites are important to community due to their value as a tourism and recreation areas, with possible loss of land and recreational suitability due to coastal erosion triggered by global climate change. The changes in volume of the deposits forming the relief of the exposed part of the shore slope have been determined on the basis of 57 stationary levelling transects established in 1991, 1993 and 1994.