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== Classification of sediments ==
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Sediment Classification
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rocky coastlines
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sandy coastlines
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muddy coastlines
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gravel beaches
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reflective beaches
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dissipative beaches
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== Sediment transport ==
  
== Classification of sediments ==
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accretion
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deposition
  
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Radiation Stress
  
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Sediment dynamics
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Sediment budget
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Feedback mechanisms
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Self-organization
  
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littoral transport
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bottom boundary layer
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sediment properties
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particle size characteristics
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grain size
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phi scale
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porosity
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viscosity
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specific gravity
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settling velocity
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fall velocity disambiguation settling velocity
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bed shear stress
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thresholds of grain movement
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laminar flow
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turbulent flow
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Reynolds number
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Froude number
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benthic boundary layer
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traction
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saltation
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bedforms
  
== Sediment transport ==
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equilibrium profile
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beach cross-shore profile
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beach long-shore shape
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closure depth
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wave generated bedforms
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tidally generated bedforms
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ridge and runnel
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ripples
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antidunes
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rolling-grain ripples
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vortex ripples
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longshore bars and troughs / longshore bar
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berm / berm formation
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bed shear stress
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deltas
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turbidity
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turbidity currents
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bar formation
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bar migration
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transverse bar
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dune formation
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dune morphology
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scarp
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crescentic bars
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cohesive sediment dynamics
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turbidity
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turbidity maximum
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fluid muds
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turbulence
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settling lag
  
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non-cohesive sediment dynamics
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aeolian
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aeolian transport
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blowouts
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precipitation ridge
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transgressive dune fields
  
  
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erosional coastal features
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accretional coastal features
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dredging
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sand mining
  
  
 
== Bedforms ==
 
== Bedforms ==
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Sediments may self-organize into various [[bedform]]s, such as [[ripple]]s and [[dune]]s. These are described in the article on [[geomorphology]].

Revision as of 23:00, 26 October 2008


Classification of sediments

Sediment Classification rocky coastlines sandy coastlines muddy coastlines gravel beaches reflective beaches dissipative beaches


Sediment transport

accretion deposition

Radiation Stress

Sediment dynamics Sediment budget Feedback mechanisms Self-organization

littoral transport bottom boundary layer sediment properties particle size characteristics grain size phi scale porosity viscosity specific gravity settling velocity fall velocity disambiguation settling velocity bed shear stress thresholds of grain movement laminar flow turbulent flow Reynolds number Froude number benthic boundary layer traction saltation bedforms

equilibrium profile beach cross-shore profile beach long-shore shape closure depth wave generated bedforms tidally generated bedforms ridge and runnel ripples antidunes rolling-grain ripples vortex ripples longshore bars and troughs / longshore bar berm / berm formation bed shear stress deltas turbidity turbidity currents bar formation bar migration transverse bar dune formation dune morphology scarp crescentic bars cohesive sediment dynamics turbidity turbidity maximum fluid muds turbulence settling lag

non-cohesive sediment dynamics aeolian aeolian transport blowouts precipitation ridge transgressive dune fields


erosional coastal features accretional coastal features dredging sand mining


Bedforms

Sediments may self-organize into various bedforms, such as ripples and dunes. These are described in the article on geomorphology.