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• Cross-shore profile
  ...], across the [[foreshore]], and seaward underwater into the [[nearshore]] zone.<ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual''. CIRIA :[[Active coastal zone]].
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• Nearshore
  Definition|title=Nearshore zone .... In another definition the nearshore zone extends further to the offshore zone, typically to water depths of the order of 20m.<ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CI
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• Beach face
  |definition=Beach zone (also called "foreshore") from the low-water line to the limit of maximum w ...ars (also called beach ridges) can be present, related to onshore moving [[nearshore sandbars]]. The depressions between these intertidal bars are called [[runn
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• Surf zone
  Definition|title=Surf zone or Breaker zone |definition= The surf zone (or '''breaker zone''') is the zone where waves break as a consequence of depth limitation and surf onshore as
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• Sand dune - Country Report, Denmark
  ...of dune ridges, deposited in the latter part of the nineteenth century on nearshore sand flats. Onshore winds during low water phases built coastal dunes, whic ...rom the North Sea. To the south-west, past Højen, is a widening backshore zone of hummocky dunes, mostly held by grassy vegetation but with some blowouts.
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• Wave energy converters
  ...A good example is the integration of WECs with breakwaters in the coastal zone. This is described in the article [[Wave energy converters in coastal struc ...ve climate over 25 years<ref name="Ref 2">Benoit, M. and Lafon. F. 2004. A nearshore wave atlas along the coasts of France based on numerical modelling of the w
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• Artificial reefs
  ...GSCs and geobags are often employed as revetments or as seaward slopes of nearshore structures. Unfortunately, no exhaustive analyses regarding element stabili ...figuration of gap separated rubble mound barriers parallel to the littoral zone. The waves that break over the reef induce an inshore increase of sea level
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• Use of X-band and HF radar in marine hydrography
  ...ed X-band radar for establishing nearshore bathymetric maps of the coastal zone off the island of Sylt in the German Bight. They used traditional Fast Four * [[Satellite-derived nearshore bathymetry]]
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• Nearshore sandbars
  ...n.jpg|thumb|left|400px|<small>Fig. 1. Wave transformation in the nearshore zone. </small>]] ...mple of the transformation and breaking of incident waves in the nearshore zone.
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• Deteriorated groynes
  ...cate that for average storms, the significant wave height outside the surf zone (in water depth h of about 20 m) usually reaches H<small>s</small> = 2–2. Tab. 1) Distribution of nearshore flow velocities for beach without groynes
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• Shore protection vegetation
  ...th the saline, nutrient-poor and harsh hydro-sedimentary conditions in the zone between the high-water (HW) line and the more stable backshore. These are s ...ies occurring along the shores of different continents that are adapted to nearshore conditions. The inventory (Table 1) focuses on species with a high shore pr
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• Modelling coastal hydrodynamics
  ...e]]s, tsunamis and others (Horikawa, 1988<ref name=Hor>Horikawa, K. (1988) Nearshore dynamics and coastal processes, Univ. of Tokyo Press, Japan, pp 40-88</ref> ...urf zone is defined as the region between the seaward limit of the breaker zone and the area of high turbulence created by the collision of the backrushing
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• Dynamics of mud transport
  ...e size distribution of cohesive suspended particulate matters in a coastal zone. J. Geophysical Research, 117, C03014, 17pp. (doi:10.1029/2011JC007552)</re ...o interaction of heavier saline sea water and lighter fresh river water, a zone with high suspended loads of cohesive sediments, an '''estuarine turbidity
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• Scaling Issues in Hydraulic Modelling
  ...and economic design solutions to support man’s activities in the coastal zone. Many of our present-day engineering design techniques were developed using ...f zone beach profiles; wave impact pressures and air leakage in the impact zone.
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• Past EU-funded coastal research projects
  * [[MESSINA]] Managing European Shoreline and Sharing Information on Nearshore Areas * [[MESSINA]] Management of European shoreline and sharing information on nearshore areas
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• Dune development
  ...de along sandy coasts, see Fig. 1. They protect settlements in the coastal zone against wave damage and flooding. However, they are not equally well develo ...flective beaches|dissipative coasts]] is strongly promoted by welding of [[nearshore sandbars]] to the beach<ref>Brodie, K.L., Palmsten, M.L. and Spore, N.J. 20
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• Artificial Neural Networks and coastal applications
  ...iering, M. A. and Turner, I. L. 2007. Recurrent neural network modeling of nearshore sandbar behavior. Neural Networks 20: 509–518</ref>, beach planform <ref> '''[[Nearshore sandbars]]''' <br>
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• Seawater intrusion and mixing in estuaries
  ...the ebb tidal prism with ‘new’ seawater flowing in from the nearshore zone during flood. ...coefficient <math>f_{dz}</math> depends on the mixing rate within the dead zone; in case of complete mixing during the tidal cycle <math>f_{dz}=1/12 \pi^2<
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• Coastal hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes and engineering
  * [[Data analysis techniques for the coastal zone]] * [[Wave transformation in the nearshore]] – extension of [[Shallow-water wave theory]] with more detailed treatm
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• Morphology of estuaries
  ...in the inland channels. Most of the fine sediments in the upper estuarine zone are of fluvial origin. See the article [[Coastal and marine sediments]] for ...h zone. Fine sediment is trapped in the estuary, forming a high turbidity zone, the so-called [[estuarine turbidity maximum]]. However, under conditions o
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