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This article describes the habitat of the Sandy shores. It is one of the sub-categories within the section dealing with biodiversity of [[marine habitats and ecosystems]].
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==Articles on sandy shore ecosystems==
  
==Introduction==
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* [[Sandy shore habitat]]
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* [[Latitudinal biodiversity patterns of meiofauna from sandy littoral beaches]]
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* [[Meiofauna of Sandy Beaches]]
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* [[Sandy beaches as Biocatalytical Filters]]
  
Sandy shores or beaches are '''loose deposits of sand''', gravel or shells that cover the shoreline in many places. They make up two-thirds of the world’s ice-free coastlines. Beaches serve as buffer zones or shock absorbers that protect the coastline, sea cliffs or [[Sand Dunes in Europe|dunes]] from direct wave attack. It is an extremely '''dynamic''' environment where sand, water and air are always in motion.  Beaches also provide important coastal recreational areas for a many people. Fine-grained sand beaches tend to be '''quite flat'''.
 
  
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==Articles related to sandy shore dynamics==
  
[[image:Sandy shore.jpg|center|thumb|300px|caption|Sandy beach in Middelkerke  - Belgium <ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:2005-06-26-Middelkerke-55.jpg</ref>]]
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* [[Swash zone dynamics]]
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* [[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]]
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* [[Beach Cusps]]
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* [[Shallow-water wave theory]]
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* [[Rhythmic shoreline features]]
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* [[Shoreface profile]]
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* [[Closure depth]]
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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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* [[Dealing with coastal erosion]]
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* [[Dune erosion]]
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* [[Classification of sandy coastlines]]
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* [[Characteristics of sedimentary shores]]
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* [[Gravel Beaches]]
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* [[Littoral drift and shoreline modelling]]
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* [[Data analysis techniques for the coastal zone]]
  
  
==Formation==
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==Articles on sandy shore observation==
  
Sandy beaches are soft shores that are formed by '''deposition''' of '''particles''' that have been carried '''by water currents''' from other areas. The transported material is in part derived from the erosion of shores, but the major part is derived from the land and transported by rivers to the sea. The two main types of beach material are '''quartz''' (=silica) sands of terrestrial origin and '''carbonate''' sands of marine origin. The carbonate sand is weathered from mollusk shells and skeletons of other animals. Other material includes heavy minerals, basalt (=volcanic origin) and feldspar.
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* [[Instruments for bed level detection]]
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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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==See also==
  
 
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http://www.ozcoasts.gov.au/index.jsp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[[Category:Marine habitats and ecosystems]]
 
[[Category:Typology of coastal and marine areas]]
 
[[Category:Location of coastal and marine areas]]
 
[[Category:Theme 7]]
 

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