Difference between revisions of "Sill"
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* A submerged bar blocking partially the mouth of a river, a harbour or an estuary. | * A submerged bar blocking partially the mouth of a river, a harbour or an estuary. | ||
* Submerged shore-parallel dike built for the purpose of reducing wave activity at its leeside; the more usual term in this case is [[Detached breakwaters#Submerged or low-crested breakwaters|submerged breakwater]] or [[Artificial reefs|artificial reef]]. | * Submerged shore-parallel dike built for the purpose of reducing wave activity at its leeside; the more usual term in this case is [[Detached breakwaters#Submerged or low-crested breakwaters|submerged breakwater]] or [[Artificial reefs|artificial reef]]. | ||
| − | * Submerged shore-parallel dike built as support of a [[perched beach]] at the seaside. | + | * Submerged shore-parallel dike built as support of a [[Perched beaches|perched beach]] at the seaside. |
* Tabular sheet that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sill_(geology)</ref>. | * Tabular sheet that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sill_(geology)</ref>. | ||
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:[[Detached breakwaters]] | :[[Detached breakwaters]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 6 October 2021
Definition of Sill:
Several meanings:
This is the common definition for Sill, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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