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• Sand-filled geosystems in coastal engineering
  ...tions and the limitations of sand-filled geosystems in coastal engineering and guide them forward to further reading in case more detail on their design i ...cle, they can be made from water-tight geosynthetics, such as geomembranes and/or special composite systems. They can be filled with sand, gravel or morta
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• Extreme storms
  ...sFig1.1.jpg|thumb|300px|left| Fig. 1a. Strong winds generating large waves and storm surge in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, during Hurricane Ernesto in 2006. (credi ...torm surge from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.(credit: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce)]]
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• Dealing with coastal erosion
  ...[structural erosion]] and incidental storm-induced beach erosion or [[dune erosion]]. When dealing with coastal protection measures one has to be aware of thi ...ection scheme calls, however, for insight in the real causes of the actual erosion problem.
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• Nature-based shore protection
  Nature can offer shore protection in addition to or instead of manmade hard structures. Nature-based shore protection is provided by living shorelines that genera ...erate climate zones. Mangroves are dealt with in the article [[Mangroves]] and coral reefs in the article [[Coral reefs]].
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• Stability of rubble mound breakwaters and shore revetments
  ...the stability of shore protection structures under the influence of waves and currents can be found in the ''Rock Manual'' <ref name=Rock> CIRIA/CUR/CETM ...oduction to bed, bank and shore protection'' (Schiereck, 1993) and ''Dikes and revetments'' (Pilarczyk, 1998).
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• Sand spit
  ...lying generally in line with the coast, with one end attached to the land and the other projecting into the sea or across the mouth of an [[estuary]] or ...uth spits: Wave effects and self-organization patterns. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 262, 107567</ref>:
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• Shoreline retreat and recovery
  Two types of processes can be responsible for shoreline retreat and advance. ...ral sand loss/gain on the [[active coastal zone]]. The other type is beach erosion/accretion related to temporal variations of the shoreline.
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• Wave transmission by low-crested breakwaters
  |definition= Low-crested breakwaters are manmade wave damping structures in nearshore waters with crest level just above or just below the still wat ...cient <math>K_t</math> is the ratio of the wave heights of the transmitted and incoming waves.}}
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