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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
  
This article provides an overview of the Coastal Wiki content (April 2016) on coastal hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, long term geomorphological change, climate impacts and coastal engineering. This content was initiated by the ENCORA themes 5 and 8.  
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This article presents an overview of the Coastal Wiki content (July 2017) on coastal hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, long term geomorphological change, climate impacts and coastal engineering (articles in blue). This content was initiated by the ENCORA themes 5 and 8.  
  
The article also indicates missing topics (in red).  
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The article also indicates missing topics (articles in red).  
 
Please help us fill these gaps by expanding and claiming these missing topics.  
 
Please help us fill these gaps by expanding and claiming these missing topics.  
  
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For some gaps alternative websites are indicated, in particular:
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* pages of Wikipedia
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* pages of the Australian coastal website https://ozcoasts.org.au/
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* pages in English of the Dutch Deltaproof website http://deltaproof.stowa.nl/Publicaties/deltafact.aspx?pId=1739
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* pages on the website of Leo van Rijn https://www.leovanrijn-sediment.com/
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See also: [[Definitions of coastal terms]].
  
== Hydrodynamics ==
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== Coastal hydrodynamics ==
  
Articles on modelling : [[Hydrodynamic modelling]] , [[Modelling coastal hydrodynamics]] , [[How to apply models]] , [[Reduction of uncertainties through Data Model Integration (DMI)]]
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Hydrodynamic modelling]]
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* [[Modelling coastal hydrodynamics]]  
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* [[How to apply models]]  
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* [[Reduction of uncertainties through Data Model Integration (DMI)]]
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* [[Using model simulations to support monitoring - Methods&Techniques]]
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* [[Using model simulations to support monitoring - Implementation & Results]]
  
Lacking : introduction to [[Hydrodynamic processes and equations]]
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'''Coastal Wiki gap'''
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* [[Hydrodynamic processes and equations]] - introduction to the mathematical formulation of major physical processes that should be addressed in models for different types of coastal systems (sediment transport formulas are addressed in other articles)
  
  
 
===Waves===
 
===Waves===
  
See also articles under “Water waves” in the wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Water_waves
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Shallow-water wave theory]]
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* [[Waves and currents by X-band radar]] - wave measurement technique
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* [[Using satellite data for global wave forecasts]]
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* [[Infragravity waves]]
  
Article [[Waves]] deals with: short waves (types of short waves, wave breaking, wave generation, wave transformation, statistical description of wave parameters, wave climate classification according to wind climate), long waves (surf beat, harbour resonance, seiche, tsunami), infragravity waves, measurement of waves
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Waves]] – more comprehensive introduction to wave types: progressive, standing, surface, internal, gravity, capillary, wind wave, swell, tide, planetary or Rossby waves, tsunami, ship waves.
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* [[Wave transformation]] needs expansion, see [[Shallow-water wave theory]]
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* [[Statistical description of wave parameters]] needs expansion on wave spectrum, Rayleigh distribution, intra-wave interaction
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* [[Edge waves]] definition should be expanded: periods incident waves, reflection, dissipation, propagation, coastally trapped waves
  
Lacking:  [[Types of ocean wave]] -  progressive, standing, surface, internal, gravity, capillary, wind wave, swell, tide, planetary or Rossby (coriolis+horiz plane), tsunami, ship waves. Diagram of types of wave, showing the relationships between wavelength, wave frequency, forces and energy.
 
  
Lacking: introduction to wave theory: [[Linear wave theory]], [[Stokes wave theory]]  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_wave_theory )
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Wind wave generation]] – introduction to underlying processes, fetch, saturated wave field, wave-wave interaction, wave spectrum
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* [[Wave transformation in the nearshore]] – extension of [[Shallow-water wave theory]] with more detailed treatment of propagation of random waves into shallow water, wave breaking and dissipation mechanisms, breaking criteria, roller energy, wave asymmetry and skewness, cnoidal waves, solitary waves, observations, empirical formulas, models
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* [[Surf zone dynamics]] – impact of [[Wave transformation in the nearshore]] on nearshore morphology
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* [[Wave-current interaction]]
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* [[Tsunamis]] - introduction to tsunami generation, propagation, shoaling, runup, dissipation, modelling, observations, empirical formulas
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* [[Wave impact]] – stability of structures under wave attack
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* [[Ship waves]] - wash or wake, Kelvin wave pattern, supercritical wash
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* [[Wave modelling]] - operational, coastal, computational fluid dynamics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics
  
Lacking: [[Non-linear wave theories]] – introduction to cnoidal, solitary, limits of application (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnoidal_wave )
 
  
Lacking: introduction to [[Wind wave generation]]  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_wave )
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'''External references'''
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Water_waves Water waves]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airy_wave_theory Airy wave theory]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnoidal_wave Cnoidal wave]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_wave Wind wave]
  
Article on wave measurement : [[Waves and currents by X-band radar]]
 
  
Article on [[Wave transformation]] : expansion needed with practical formulas for shoaling, setdown, wave skewness, wave asymmetry, wave breaking, criteria, setup, roller energy, clapotis, models
 
  
Lacking : [[Refraction and diffraction]] , [[Wave reflection]] , [[Wave current interaction]]
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===Tides===
 
 
Lacking: [[Swash]] – runup, downrush, infiltration, exfiltration, beach berm, overtopping
 
 
 
Lacking : [[Wave impact]]
 
 
 
Lacking : [[Ship waves]] -  Wash or wake, Kelvin wave pattern, supercritical wash
 
 
 
Article on [[Statistical description of wave parameters]] needs expansion on wave spectrum, Rayleigh distribution, intra-wave interaction
 
 
 
Lacking: [[Wave modelling]] -  operational, coastal, computational fluid dynamics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics
 
 
 
Lacking : [[Infragravity waves]] , [[Edge wave]]
 
  
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Ocean and shelf tides]]
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* [[Tidal motion in shelf seas]]
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* [[Tidal asymmetry and tidal basin morphodynamics]]
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* [[Tidal bore dynamics]]
  
  
===Tides===
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Storm surge]] definition needs expansion: storm surge prediction, storm surge modelling, storm surge impact
  
Article [[Tide]] purely descriptive, needs expansion  (see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_tides )
 
  
Article [[Tidal prediction]] needs expansion : harmonic method, tidal constituents, specific example
 
  
Article [[Tidal motion in shelf seas]]  
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'''External references'''
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_tides Theory of tides]
  
Lacking : [[Tidal asymmetry]] – tide propagation in shallow water (coastal water, estuaries, tidal bore)
 
 
Lacking : [[Storm surge]] -  expand definition
 
  
  
 
===Currents===
 
===Currents===
  
Articles measurement of currents [[Waves and currents by X-band radar]] , [[Currents and turbulence by acoustic methods]], [[Use of ground based radar in hydrography]]
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Currents]] introduction to currents in the Open Sea (tidal, wind-generated, storm surge), current in the nearshore zone (shore-parallel, shore-normal, undertow, rip currents, cross-currents), two-dimensional currents in the nearshore zone
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* [[Waves and currents by X-band radar]] - measurement method of currents 
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* [[Currents and turbulence by acoustic methods]] - measurement method of currents 
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* [[Use of ground based radar in hydrography]] - measurement method of currents
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* [[Measuring current fields in the German Bight by radar techniques]]
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* [[Application of radar hydrography in the German Wadden Sea]]
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* [[Coriolis acceleration]]
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* [[Bedforms and roughness]]
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* [[Bed roughness and friction factors in estuaries]]  
  
Article [[Currents]] deals with currents in the Open Sea (Tidal, Wind-generated, Storm surge), Current in the Nearshore Zone (Shore-parallel, Shore-normal, Undertow, Rip currents, Cross-currents), Two-dimensional currents in the nearshore zone
 
  
Expand definitions of [[Longshore current]] , [[Rip currents]] – processes, practical formulas
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Longshore current]] – definition needs expansion: generation of longshore currents, theory, practical formulas 
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* [[Rip currents]] – extension of [[Rhythmic shoreline features]] with a more detailed treatment of characteristics of rip-cells, their importance, occurrence, hydrodynamics, morphodynamic feedbacks, influence of tides, storms, modelling, practical formulas, implications for coastal management   
  
More specific articles needed on [[Wind driven currents]] (Ekman theory),
 
  
Lacking :  [[Density-driven currents]]  
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Wind driven currents]] – sea surface entrainment, turbulence, Ekman theory
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* [[Density-driven currents]] – buoyancy, stratification, turbulence damping, entrainment, modelling
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* [[Turbulence]] – generation, coherent flow structures, dissipation, Kolmogorov theory, spectrum, shear stress, diffusion, mixing length
  
Lacking : articles on [[Turbulence]] , [[Friction]]
 
  
Article [[Coriolis acceleration]]
 
  
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==Transport and mixing processes==
  
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Seawater intrusion and mixing in estuaries]]
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* [[Estuarine circulation]]
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* [[Salt wedge estuaries]]
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* [[Dynamics and structure of the water and matter ex-change between the Wadden Sea and the German Bight]]
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* [[Transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients, tracers in mixed nearshore water]]
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* [[Shelf sea exchange with the ocean]]
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* [[Suspended particulate matter distribution in the North Sea]]
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* [[Index of vulnerability of littorals to oil pollution]] 
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* [[Oil spill monitoring]]
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* [[Water quality services GMES - MarCoast in Germany]]
  
===Diffusion, dispersion===
 
  
Articles [[Seawater intrusion and mixing in estuaries]] , [[Estuarine circulation]] , [[Salt wedge estuaries]]
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Stratification]] – needs expansion: stability criteria, internal waves, Kelvin-Helmholz instability, turbulence damping, internal friction, mixing
  
Expand definition of [[Stratification]] – stability criteria, internal waves, Kelvin-Helmholz instability, turbulence damping, internal friction, mixing
 
  
Lacking : [[River plumes]]
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Transport and mixing processes in shelf seas]] - introduction to concepts and processes, field studies, modelling, ecosystem implications
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* [[River plume dynamics]] - introduction to major physical processes, observation methods, field examples and practical simulation models
  
Article on marine mixing and dispersion processes:  [[Suspended particulate matter distribution in the North Sea]]. Article needed on [[Transport and mixing processes in shelf seas]].
 
  
Article on mixing and dispersion in the nearshore : [[Transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients, tracers in mixed nearshore water]]
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'''External references'''
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* [http://deltaproof.stowa.nl/pdf/Salt_intrusion?rId=84 Reduction of saline intrusion]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill Oil spill]
  
Articles on oil spills : [[Index of vulnerability of littorals to oil pollution]] , [[Oil spill monitoring]]. Articles needed on oil spill transport and dispersion and on oil spill intervention (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill )
 
  
 
===Flood risk===
 
  
Article [[Chances and risks]]. Lacking : General article on [[Flood risk]]
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==Flood risk==
  
Lacking : [[Extreme event]] -  storm surge plus high tide, rainfall, storm waves
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Chances and risks]]
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* [[Extreme storms]]
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* [[Decision Support Systems for coastal risk assessment and management]]
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* [[Risk and coastal zone policy: example from the Netherlands]]
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* [[Flood risk analysis study at the German Bight Coast]]
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* [[Shoreline management]]
  
Lacking :  [[Extreme event analysis]] -  Gumbel, Weibull distributions, exceedance probability, dependence and joint probability, return period
 
  
Lacking : [[Risk management strategies]] - cost/benefit, mitigation
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Extreme event analysis]] -  Gumbel, Weibull distributions, exceedance probability, dependence and joint probability, return period
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* [[Flood risk]] general article
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* [[Risk management strategies]] general article 
  
Articles [[Risk and coastal zone policy: example from the Netherlands]] , [[Flood risk analysis study at the German Bight Coast]]
 
  
  
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== Coastal sediments and sediment transport==
  
== Sediments ==
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Coastal and marine sediments]]
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* [[Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Seas]] series of articles on sediment transport measurement, with many subtopics
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* [[Sediment deposition and erosion processes]]
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* [[Dynamics of mud transport]]
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* [[Sand transport]]
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* [[Sediment transport formulas for the coastal environment]]
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* [[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]] - introduction to sediment transport in general, onshore and offshore transport and equilibrium coastal profile, transport of non-cohesive sediments
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* [[Wave ripples]]
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* [[Wave ripple formation]]
  
[[Sediment]] -  update article with links to specific topics
 
  
Lacking : [[Sediment classification]] -  grain size, gravel, sand, boulder, shape, flat, round, type, cohesive, non-cohesive
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Sediment budget coastal systems]]  
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* [[Boundary layer processes and sediment transport]] - introduction to the boundary layer concept (waves, current, waves+current), turbulence, temporal-spatial scales, bed-flow interaction, velocity and acceleration skewness, flat/rippled/sloping beds, sediment transport processes, onshore-offshore asymmetry, observation, modelling, practical formulas
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* [[Current ripples and dunes]] – formation processes, theoretical background, modelling
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* [[Cross-shore sediment transport]] - shoaling zone, breaker zone, swash zone
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* [[Aeolian transport]] – from beach to dunes, influence of grainsize, fetch, tides, moisture, vegetation, dune formation, modelling
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* [[Estuarine sedimentation and turbidity maximum]] - introduction to characteristics of turbidity maxima, underlying processes (tidal asymmetry, estuarine circulation), impact on sedimentation and water quality, conditions of occurrence, relation with dredging and reclamation in estuaries, observations, modelling
  
Article [[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]] = introduction to sediment transport in general, onshore and offshore transport and equilibrium coastal profile, transport of non-cohensive sediments
 
  
Articles on sediment transport measurement : see [[Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Seas]] with many subtopics
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==Coastal morphology==
  
Lacking : [[Sediment transport processes]] – processes of settling, sedimentation, erosion and practical formulas
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===Wave-dominated coasts===
  
Lacking : [[Sediment transport formulas]] - transport by waves, currents, currents + waves, bedload, suspended load, slope effect, lag effects, rippled beds
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Classification of coastlines]] deals with nearly straight coastlines (with overview of coastal characteristics), special coastal planforms (delta coastlines, sand spits, barrier islands, mechanisms and conditions for barrier island development), barrier formation; effect of development
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* [[Characteristics of sedimentary shores]] - introduction to different coastal types
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* [[Active coastal zone]]
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* [[Closure depth]]
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* [[Shoreface profile]]
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* [[Swash zone dynamics]]
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* [[Gravel Beaches]]
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* [[Littoral drift and shoreline modelling]] needs expansion and update of longshore sediment transport with recent formulas
  
Lacking : [[Cross-shore sediment transport]]  - shoaling zone, breaker zone, swash zone
 
  
Article on littoral drift  [[Long-term modelling using 1-line models - GENESIS and new extensions]] , expand and update with recent formulas
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Rocky shore morphology]] – needs expansion to cliff morphology, sediment input, shore platforms, stacks, headlands, etc.
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* [[Beach berm]] – expand definition and add section on berm formation
  
Lacking : [[Boundary layer dynamics]] – introduction to boundary layer processes (current, waves, current + waves)
 
  
Lacking : [[Sediment budget]] -  origins/input
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Typology of coastlines]] – introduction to different coastline classification schemes, accretional, erosional coasts, beaches, estuaries, inlets, deltas, cliffs, mudflats, dunes, stacks, headlands, blowholes
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* [[Embayed beaches]] - morphodynamics and equilibrium planform of beaches that are semi-enclosed by headlands or groynes. 
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* [[Wave-dominated coast]] general introduction: barriers, beaches, breaker bars, intertidal  bars and runnels
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* [[Macrotidal coasts]] - introduction to: characteristics of macrotidal coasts (compared to micro- or mesotidal coasts), variability, major involved hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, resilience, response to sea-level rise
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* [[Mud coasts]] (or [[Fluvial-dominated coasts]] ) - introduction to the particular characteristics of mud coasts (compared to sand coasts) and the processes responsible for their formation, evolution and maintenance, threats and response to sea-level rise
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* [[Typology of mangrove coasts]] – morphological-ecological interaction
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* [[Coastal barrier formation]] -  introduction to characteristics of coastal barriers, their importance, processes responsible for their formation, evolution and maintenance, threats to existing coastal barriers (human interventions and sea-level rise), good management practices
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* [[Breaker bar dynamics]] – development, evolution and decay of breaker bars in the surf zone, underlying morphodynamic processes and modelling
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* [[Beach-dune interaction]] - introduction to major processes of coastal dune formation and erosion, and practical modelling concepts
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* [[Reef systems]]
  
Lacking : [[Non-cohesive sediment dynamics]] – graded beds
 
  
Article on cohesive sediment dynamics : [[Dynamics of mud transport]]  
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'''External references'''
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* [https://ozcoasts.org.au/conceptual-diagrams/science-models/beaches/ OzCoast Beaches]
  
Lacking : [[Turbidity maximum]] – introduction to underlying processes (tidal asymmetry, estuarine crculation), impact on sedimentation, water quality
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===Deltas, estuaries and lagoons===
  
Lacking : [[Sedimentation of harbours and navigation channels]]
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Morphology of estuaries]] - classification of estuaries, tide-dominated, river-dominated, wave-dominated estuaries, examples
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* [[Wave-dominated river deltas]]
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* [[Estuarine morphological modelling]]
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* [[Physical processes and morphology of synchronous estuaries]]
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* [[Siltation in harbors and fairways]]
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* [[Salt marshes]]
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* [[Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes]]
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* [[Salt marshes in Europe and temporal variability]]
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* [[Tidal asymmetry and tidal basin morphodynamics]]
  
Lacking : [[Aeolian transport]] – from beach to dunes, dune formation
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Estuaries and tidal rivers]] – introduction to different types of estuaries
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* [[Mudflat]] – needs expansion of existing definition, mudflat morphology and morphodynamics (interaction morphology-tide-waves-biology), link to saltmarsh morphology
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* [[Salt marsh morphodynamics]] – typical salt marsh morphologies, introduction to underlying physical feedback processes (interaction waves, tide with morphology) 
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* [[Fjords]] – definition needs to be expanded: formation process, hydrodynamics
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* [[Coastal squeeze]] – article must be revised and expanded: introduction to the concept of coastal squeeze, influential factors, how does it happen, consequences, examples, how to avoid, how to mitigate, lessons from practice
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* [[Characteristics of muddy coasts ]] - needs revision and expansion to include wave influence and interactions ecology-hydrodynamics-morphology.
  
  
==Geomorphology==
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Rias]] – definition, impact of geological constraints on hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
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* [[Tidal lagoons]] – evolution, morphodynamics
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* [[Tide-dominated river deltas]] - introduction to characteristics of tidal deltas with high liquid and solid river discharge, major processes for their formation, evolution and maintenance, resilience and threats, response to sea-level rise
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* [[Ebb-tidal deltas]] – tide- and wave-driven morphodynamics, interaction with tidal basin morphodynamics
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* [[Estuarine morphodynamics]] – morphodynamic feedback, equilibrium planform, equilibrium hypsometry, tidal flats, alternating bars, channel meandering, channel bifurcation
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* [[Estuary response to sea-level rise]]
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* [[Estuary channelization]] - impact on hydrodynamics, salt intrusion, sedimentation, turbidity, field cases, modelling
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* [[Tidal flat reclamation]] – morphodynamic response, consequences for physical and ecological processes in estuaries and options for restoration
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* [[ICZM issues in estuaries]]
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* [[Bio-geomorphology of salt marshes]] – landscape dynamics of salt marshes resulting from the interaction between biotic and physical processes
  
[[Geomorphology]] – expand definition to a general article linking to more specific articles
 
  
[[Geomorphological time scales and processes]]
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'''External references'''
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* [https://ozcoasts.org.au/conceptual-diagrams/science-models/geomorphic/  OzCoast Deltas]
  
  
===Classification of coasts===
 
  
Article [[Classification of coastlines]] deals with nearly straight coastlines (with overview of coastal characteristics), special coastal form elements (delta coastlines, sand spits, barrier islands, mechanisms and conditions for barrier island development),  barrier formation; effect of development
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===Coastal morphology measuring techniques===
  
Articles [[Classification of coastal profiles]][[Coastal zone characteristics]] = introduction to different coastal types
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Bathymetry from inverse wave refraction]]
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* [[Data processing and output of Lidar]]
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* [[Hyperspectral seafloor mapping and direct bathymetry calculation in littoral zones]]
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* [[Instruments for bed level detection]]
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* [[Space geodetic techniques for coastal zone monitoring]]
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* [[Argus applications]]
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* [[Argus image types and conventions]]
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* [[Argus standard image processing]]
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* [[Argus video]]
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* [[Argus video monitoring system]]
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* [[Data analysis techniques for the coastal zone]]
  
Lacking : [[Typology coastlines]] –- accretional, erosional, beaches, estuaries, inlets, deltas, cliffs, mudflats, dunes, stacks, headlands, blowholes,
 
  
[[Rocky shores]] – [[Rocky shore morphology]] – expand further to cliff morphology, sediment input, shore platforms, stacks, headlands, etc.
 
  
Lacking : [[Wave dominated coast]] - barriers, beaches, breaker bars, intertidal  bars and runnels
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===Coastal morphodynamic modelling and self-organisation===
  
Lacking : [[Fluvial dominated coast]] – general article on deltas
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Stability models]]
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* [[Rhythmic shoreline features]]
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* [[Beach Cusps]]
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* [[Sand ridges in shelf seas]]
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* [[Process-based modelling]]
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* [[Process-based morphological models]]
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* [[Geomorphological analysis]]
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* [[Behaviour-based models]]
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* [[Littoral drift and shoreline modelling]]
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* [[Stochastic and fractal methods in coastal morphodynamics]]
  
Article [[Gravel Beaches]]
 
 
Article [[Characteristics of muddy coasts ]]. Lacking : [[Mud coasts]] – physical processes of mud coasts such as Guinana
 
 
 
===Estuaries===
 
 
Lacking : [[Estuary geomorphology]] - classification of estuaries -  stratified, well-mixed, salt-wedge, flood-dom, ebb-dom, bar-built, rias, fjiords ([[Estuaries and tidal rivers]] = STUB)
 
 
Lacking : [[Estuarine morphodynamics]] – planform, equilibrium hypsometry, tidal flats, alternating bars, channel meandering, channel bifurcation
 
 
Lacking : [[Estuary modelling]] - long-term morphological evolution, response to sea-level rise and direct human interventions (dredging, reclamation)
 
 
Article [[Case studies: Long term predictions for estuaries]]
 
 
Lacking : [[Ebb-tidal deltas]] - morphodynamics
 
 
Article [[Mudflat]] - expand existing definition, mudflat morphology and morphodynamics (interaction morphology-tide-waves-biology), link to saltmarsh morphology
 
 
Articles on [[Salt marshes]] , [[Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes]] , [[Salt marshes in Europe and temporal variability]]
 
 
Article [[Mangroves]]
 
 
 
 
===Coastal morphodynamics===
 
 
 
Lacking: [[Coastal barriers]] - coastal barrier formation
 
 
Articles on morphodynamic modelling and analysis: [[Process-based morphological models]] , [[Data-driven models and statistical approaches]] , [[Geomorphological analysis]] , [[Behaviour-based models]] , [[Stochastic and fractal methods in coastal morphodynamics]]
 
 
Articles on morphological survey methods : [[Bathymetry from inverse wave refraction]] , [[Data processing and output of Lidar]]
 
 
Lacking : [[Rhythmic shoreline features]] – introduction to features and formation conditions of beach cusps, rip current embayments and cuspate shorelines, crescentic bars, welded and transverse bars, large-scale capes and erosional embayments, links to specific articles
 
 
Article on morphodynamic feedback processes : [[Stability models]]
 
 
Articles on shoreline profile dynamics:  [[Equilibrium profile]] , [[Parametric equilibrium models]] , [[Process-based modelling]]
 
 
Articles on shoreline modelling : [[Long-term modelling using 1-line models - GENESIS and new extensions]] , [[Process-based modelling]]
 
 
Lacking : [[Coastal profile response to storms]] – profile steepening, breaker bar dynamics (migration, formation)
 
 
Lacking : [[Shoreline planform]] – pocket beach equilibrium planform (see [[Parametric equilibrium models]]), shoreline rotation
 
 
[[Bedforms]] -  expand definition to full article on wave generated, tidally generated bedforms: ripples, bars, dunes, sandwaves, tidal ridges, shoreface-connected ridges
 
 
Lacking : [[Beach cusp]] - morphodynamics
 
 
Lacking : [[Beach berm]] – expand definition and add section on berm formation
 
 
Lacking : [[Beach-dune interaction]] – dune accretion, aeolian transport
 
  
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Coastline instability]] - introduction to conditions for coastline instability, occurrence, characteristics of unstable coastlines, observations, processes, morphodynamic feedback, modelling, practical formulas, implications for coastal management
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* [[Nearshore bed forms and bed roughness]] – extension of [[Bedforms and roughness]] with a more detailed treatment of the physical background and practical methods for representing the influence of bed forms and bed roughness in the nearshore zone in numerical models of waves, currents, mixing and sediment transport
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* [[Sand waves]] - introduction to characteristics of sand waves, their practical importance, conditions and major (feedback)processes for their formation, evolution and maintenance, modelling, some examples and simple rules
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* [[Bio-geomorphology of the coastal zone]] – morphological and ecological patterns in the coastal zone resulting from the interaction between biotic and physical processes
  
 
===Coastal erosion===
 
===Coastal erosion===
  
Articles on shoreline observation: [[Argus image types and conventions]] [[Argus video monitoring system]] [[Argus applications]] [[Argus video]]
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Bruun rule for shoreface adaptation to sea-level rise]]
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* [[Types and background of coastal erosion]]
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* [[Natural causes of coastal erosion]]
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* [[Human causes of coastal erosion]]
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* [[Accretion and erosion for different coastal types]]
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* [[Port breakwaters and coastal erosion]]
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* [[Dune erosion]]
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* [[Coastal Erosion along the Changjiang Deltaic Shoreline]]
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* [[Dealing with coastal erosion]]
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* [[Shoreline management]]
  
Article on [[Data analysis and Statistical Approaches]]
 
  
Lacking : [[Shoreline prediction]] – prediction of shoreline response to storms
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Shoreline prediction]] – practical (data-driven) methods, applicability, storms, implication for coastal management
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* [[Decadal coastal prediction]] - introduction to (data-driven) methods for predicting coastal evolution over decadal time scale
  
Article on coastal erosion processes : [[Types and background of coastal erosion]]
 
  
Articles [[Bruun rule]] , [[Closure depth]]
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===Long-term morphodynamics and climate change===
  
Articles [[Human causes of coastal erosion]] , [[Accretion and erosion for different coastal types]] , [[Typical examples of structural erosion]]
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'''Coastal Wiki articles'''
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* [[Sea level rise]]
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* [[Geomorphological time scales and processes]]
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* [[Effect of climate change on coastline evolution]]  
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* [[Bruun rule for shoreface adaptation to sea-level rise]]
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* [[Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Mangroves]]
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* [[Ocean circulation]]
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* [[Thermohaline circulation of the oceans]]
  
Article [[Natural causes of coastal erosion]]
 
 
Article [[Dune erosion]]
 
 
 
===Long-term morphodynamics and climate change===
 
  
Lacking : [[Sea level change]] - indications of former sea levels, causes of sea level change, pleistocene, holocene, present, future, isostacy and eustacy, tectonics, climate change
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Geomorphology]] – needs expansion to a general article linking to more specific articles
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* [[Climate change]] - extend existing definition to general introduction to the topic
  
Lacking : [[Quaternary geology]] - glaciology, case studies, saltmarsh climate change dating
 
  
[[Climate change]] - extend existing definition to general introduction
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Climate change impacts]] general article with links to more specific articles, and to articles on sea level change
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* [[Stratigraphy of coastal systems]] – introduction to depositional/erosional seabed structures, relation with depositional and erosional processes, long-term morphodynamic processes, response to sea-level rise
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* [[Long-term coastal evolution]] - introduction to evolution of sedimentary coasts during the Holocene, processes and interactions, modelling, response to future sea-level rise, implications for coastal management
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* [[Quaternary geology]] - glaciology, case studies, saltmarsh climate change dating
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* [[Sea level change]] -  indications of former sea levels, causes of sea level change, pleistocene, holocene, present, future, isostacy and eustacy, tectonics, climate change
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* [[Geomorphological modelling]] at geological time scale
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* [[Seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers]]
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* [[ICZM issues associated with long term geomorphology]]
  
Articles on climate change impacts : [[Effect of climate change on coastline evolution]] , [[Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Mangroves]]. Lacking is a general article [[Climate change impacts]] with links to more specific articles, and to articles on sea level change
 
  
Lacking : [[Geomorphological modelling]] at geological time scale
 
  
Lacking : [[Seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers]]
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== Coastal protection and engineering ==
  
Lacking : [[ICZM issues associated with long term geomorphology]]
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===Hard measures===
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* [[Hard coastal protection structures]]
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* [[Groynes]]
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* [[Groynes as shore protection]]
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* [[Deteriorated groynes]]
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* [[Detached breakwaters]]
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* [[Applicability of detached breakwaters]]
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* [[Detached shore parallel breakwaters]]
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* [[Application of breakwaters]]
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* [[Revetments]]
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* [[Seawalls and revetments]]
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* [[Overtopping resistant dikes]]
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* [[Bulkheads]]
  
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===Soft measures===
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* [[Artificial reefs]]
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* [[Natural barriers]]
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* [[Dynamics, threats and management of biogenic reefs]]
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* [[Sand-filled geosystems in coastal engineering]]
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* [[Beach nourishment]]
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* [[Artificial nourishment]] 
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* [[Shore nourishment]]
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* [[Experiences with beach nourishments in Portugal ]]
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* [[Floating breakwaters]]
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* [[Perched beaches]]
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* [[Beach drainage]]
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* [[Sand by-pass systems]]
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* [[Sand dune types - Europe]]
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* [[Dynamics, threats and management of dunes]]
  
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===Wind and wave energy===
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* [[Wave energy converters]]
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* [[Wave energy converters in coastal structures]]
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* [[Offshore wind farm development in Germany]]
  
== Coastal engineering ==
 
  
General articles on coastal engineering : [[Hard shoreline protection structures]] , [[Protection against coastal erosion]] , [[Hard structures and structural erosion]] , [[Sand by-pass systems]]
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'''Incomplete articles'''
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* [[Dredging]] needs expansion with overview article of techniques and impact
  
Articles on specific hard structures : [[Groynes]], [[Groynes as shore protection]] , [[Deteriorated groynes]] , [[Detached breakwaters]] , [[Detached shore parallel breakwaters]] , [[Application of breakwaters]] , [[Floating breakwaters]] , [[Perched beaches]] , [[Seawalls and revetments]] , [[Overtopping resistant dikes]]
 
  
Articles on [[Soft shoreline protection solutions]] , [[Artificial reefs]] , [[Natural barriers]] , [[Dynamics, threats and management of biogenic reefs]]
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'''Coastal Wiki gaps'''
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* [[Experience with coastal nourishment in the Netherlands]]
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* [[Coastal defence options]] - UK MAFF guidelines, do nothing, risk management, sustain, change
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* [[Resonance phenomena]] -  dealing with seiches in harbours and basins
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* [[Disposal of dredged materials]] – including fate of dredged materials
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* [[Sand mining in shelf seas]] -  introduction to sand mining strategies (surface/depth of pits, frequency), impact on hydrodynamics, morphological evolution, ecological recovery, good practice guidelines
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* [[Estuary engineering]] -  deepening and channelisation of estuaries, tidal flat reclamation, impacts, coastal squeeze, managed realignment. (See also [
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* [[Tidal power]] – introduction to methods for tidal energy exploitation, practical experience
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* [[Marine wind energy]] introduction to methods and conditions for sustainable and efficient exploitation (technical, financial, environmental)
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* [[Examples of marine wind farms]] – practical experience
  
Articles on [[Beach nourishment]] , [[Artificial nourishment]] ,
 
  
Articles on [[Shore nourishment]] , [[Experiences with beach nourishments in Portugal ]] Lacking: [[Experience with coastal nourishment in the Netherlands]]
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'''External references'''
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* [http://deltaproof.stowa.nl/pdf/Sand_nourishments?rId=53 Sand nourishment]
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* [http://deltaproof.stowa.nl/pdf/The_beneficial_re_use_of_dredged_material?rId=52 Reuse of dredged material]
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* [http://deltaproof.stowa.nl/pdf/Managed_realignment?rId=51 Managed realignment]
  
Article  [[Beach drainage]]
 
 
Articles on dune management : [[Sand dune types - Europe]] , [[Dynamics, threats and management of dunes]]
 
 
Lacking : [[Coastal defence options]] - UK MAFF guidelines, do nothing, risk management, sustain, change
 
 
Lacking : [[Resonance phenomena]] -  dealing with seiches in harbours and basins
 
 
[[Dredging]] – expand definition with overview article of techniques and impact. Case study [[Coastal Erosion along the Changjiang Deltaic Shoreline]]
 
 
Lacking : [[Disposal of dredged materials]] – including fate of dredged materials
 
 
Lacking : [[Sand mining]] – including marine aggregates
 
 
Lacking : [[Estuary engineering]] -  deepening and channelisation of estuaries, tidal flat reclamation, impacts, managed realignment
 
  
Lacking : [[Tidal power]]
 
  
Article on marine wind farms : [[Offshore wind farm development in Germany]] . Needs general article [[Marine wind energy]] and update of case studies
 
  
Articles on wave energy : [[Wave energy converters]] [[Wave energy converters in coastal structures]]
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[[Category:Coastal protection]]
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[[Category:Physical coastal and marine processes]]

Revision as of 20:26, 4 September 2019


Introduction

This article presents an overview of the Coastal Wiki content (July 2017) on coastal hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, long term geomorphological change, climate impacts and coastal engineering (articles in blue). This content was initiated by the ENCORA themes 5 and 8.

The article also indicates missing topics (articles in red). Please help us fill these gaps by expanding and claiming these missing topics.

For some gaps alternative websites are indicated, in particular:

See also: Definitions of coastal terms.

Coastal hydrodynamics

Coastal Wiki articles

Coastal Wiki gap

  • Hydrodynamic processes and equations - introduction to the mathematical formulation of major physical processes that should be addressed in models for different types of coastal systems (sediment transport formulas are addressed in other articles)


Waves

Coastal Wiki articles

Incomplete articles

  • Waves – more comprehensive introduction to wave types: progressive, standing, surface, internal, gravity, capillary, wind wave, swell, tide, planetary or Rossby waves, tsunami, ship waves.
  • Wave transformation needs expansion, see Shallow-water wave theory
  • Statistical description of wave parameters needs expansion on wave spectrum, Rayleigh distribution, intra-wave interaction
  • Edge waves definition should be expanded: periods incident waves, reflection, dissipation, propagation, coastally trapped waves


Coastal Wiki gaps


External references


Tides

Coastal Wiki articles


Incomplete articles

  • Storm surge definition needs expansion: storm surge prediction, storm surge modelling, storm surge impact


External references


Currents

Coastal Wiki articles


Incomplete articles

  • Longshore current – definition needs expansion: generation of longshore currents, theory, practical formulas
  • Rip currents – extension of Rhythmic shoreline features with a more detailed treatment of characteristics of rip-cells, their importance, occurrence, hydrodynamics, morphodynamic feedbacks, influence of tides, storms, modelling, practical formulas, implications for coastal management


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Wind driven currents – sea surface entrainment, turbulence, Ekman theory
  • Density-driven currents – buoyancy, stratification, turbulence damping, entrainment, modelling
  • Turbulence – generation, coherent flow structures, dissipation, Kolmogorov theory, spectrum, shear stress, diffusion, mixing length


Transport and mixing processes

Coastal Wiki articles


Incomplete articles

  • Stratification – needs expansion: stability criteria, internal waves, Kelvin-Helmholz instability, turbulence damping, internal friction, mixing


Coastal Wiki gaps


External references


Flood risk

Coastal Wiki articles


Coastal Wiki gaps


Coastal sediments and sediment transport

Coastal Wiki articles


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Sediment budget coastal systems
  • Boundary layer processes and sediment transport - introduction to the boundary layer concept (waves, current, waves+current), turbulence, temporal-spatial scales, bed-flow interaction, velocity and acceleration skewness, flat/rippled/sloping beds, sediment transport processes, onshore-offshore asymmetry, observation, modelling, practical formulas
  • Current ripples and dunes – formation processes, theoretical background, modelling
  • Cross-shore sediment transport - shoaling zone, breaker zone, swash zone
  • Aeolian transport – from beach to dunes, influence of grainsize, fetch, tides, moisture, vegetation, dune formation, modelling
  • Estuarine sedimentation and turbidity maximum - introduction to characteristics of turbidity maxima, underlying processes (tidal asymmetry, estuarine circulation), impact on sedimentation and water quality, conditions of occurrence, relation with dredging and reclamation in estuaries, observations, modelling


Coastal morphology

Wave-dominated coasts

Coastal Wiki articles


Incomplete articles

  • Rocky shore morphology – needs expansion to cliff morphology, sediment input, shore platforms, stacks, headlands, etc.
  • Beach berm – expand definition and add section on berm formation


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Typology of coastlines – introduction to different coastline classification schemes, accretional, erosional coasts, beaches, estuaries, inlets, deltas, cliffs, mudflats, dunes, stacks, headlands, blowholes
  • Embayed beaches - morphodynamics and equilibrium planform of beaches that are semi-enclosed by headlands or groynes.
  • Wave-dominated coast general introduction: barriers, beaches, breaker bars, intertidal bars and runnels
  • Macrotidal coasts - introduction to: characteristics of macrotidal coasts (compared to micro- or mesotidal coasts), variability, major involved hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes, resilience, response to sea-level rise
  • Mud coasts (or Fluvial-dominated coasts ) - introduction to the particular characteristics of mud coasts (compared to sand coasts) and the processes responsible for their formation, evolution and maintenance, threats and response to sea-level rise
  • Typology of mangrove coasts – morphological-ecological interaction
  • Coastal barrier formation - introduction to characteristics of coastal barriers, their importance, processes responsible for their formation, evolution and maintenance, threats to existing coastal barriers (human interventions and sea-level rise), good management practices
  • Breaker bar dynamics – development, evolution and decay of breaker bars in the surf zone, underlying morphodynamic processes and modelling
  • Beach-dune interaction - introduction to major processes of coastal dune formation and erosion, and practical modelling concepts
  • Reef systems


External references

Deltas, estuaries and lagoons

Coastal Wiki articles

Incomplete articles

  • Estuaries and tidal rivers – introduction to different types of estuaries
  • Mudflat – needs expansion of existing definition, mudflat morphology and morphodynamics (interaction morphology-tide-waves-biology), link to saltmarsh morphology
  • Salt marsh morphodynamics – typical salt marsh morphologies, introduction to underlying physical feedback processes (interaction waves, tide with morphology)
  • Fjords – definition needs to be expanded: formation process, hydrodynamics
  • Coastal squeeze – article must be revised and expanded: introduction to the concept of coastal squeeze, influential factors, how does it happen, consequences, examples, how to avoid, how to mitigate, lessons from practice
  • Characteristics of muddy coasts - needs revision and expansion to include wave influence and interactions ecology-hydrodynamics-morphology.


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Rias – definition, impact of geological constraints on hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
  • Tidal lagoons – evolution, morphodynamics
  • Tide-dominated river deltas - introduction to characteristics of tidal deltas with high liquid and solid river discharge, major processes for their formation, evolution and maintenance, resilience and threats, response to sea-level rise
  • Ebb-tidal deltas – tide- and wave-driven morphodynamics, interaction with tidal basin morphodynamics
  • Estuarine morphodynamics – morphodynamic feedback, equilibrium planform, equilibrium hypsometry, tidal flats, alternating bars, channel meandering, channel bifurcation
  • Estuary response to sea-level rise
  • Estuary channelization - impact on hydrodynamics, salt intrusion, sedimentation, turbidity, field cases, modelling
  • Tidal flat reclamation – morphodynamic response, consequences for physical and ecological processes in estuaries and options for restoration
  • ICZM issues in estuaries
  • Bio-geomorphology of salt marshes – landscape dynamics of salt marshes resulting from the interaction between biotic and physical processes


External references


Coastal morphology measuring techniques

Coastal Wiki articles


Coastal morphodynamic modelling and self-organisation

Coastal Wiki articles


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Coastline instability - introduction to conditions for coastline instability, occurrence, characteristics of unstable coastlines, observations, processes, morphodynamic feedback, modelling, practical formulas, implications for coastal management
  • Nearshore bed forms and bed roughness – extension of Bedforms and roughness with a more detailed treatment of the physical background and practical methods for representing the influence of bed forms and bed roughness in the nearshore zone in numerical models of waves, currents, mixing and sediment transport
  • Sand waves - introduction to characteristics of sand waves, their practical importance, conditions and major (feedback)processes for their formation, evolution and maintenance, modelling, some examples and simple rules
  • Bio-geomorphology of the coastal zone – morphological and ecological patterns in the coastal zone resulting from the interaction between biotic and physical processes

Coastal erosion

Coastal Wiki articles


Coastal Wiki gaps

  • Shoreline prediction – practical (data-driven) methods, applicability, storms, implication for coastal management
  • Decadal coastal prediction - introduction to (data-driven) methods for predicting coastal evolution over decadal time scale


Long-term morphodynamics and climate change

Coastal Wiki articles


Incomplete articles

  • Geomorphology – needs expansion to a general article linking to more specific articles
  • Climate change - extend existing definition to general introduction to the topic


Coastal Wiki gaps


Coastal protection and engineering

Hard measures

Soft measures

Wind and wave energy


Incomplete articles

  • Dredging needs expansion with overview article of techniques and impact


Coastal Wiki gaps


External references