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• Nearshore sandbars
  ...equilibrium investigated with a process-based numerical model. Continental Shelf Research 222: 104432</ref> show that nearshore sandbars can develop as a re ...multiple sandbar behaviour on a high-energy meso-tidal beach. Continental Shelf Research 159: 33-45</ref>. It has been suggested that Bragg scattering –
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• Flocculation cohesive sediments
  ...fractal structure of cohesive sediment aggregates. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 39: 451-460</ref>), the structure is not self-similar. In general, ...ial aggregation in a nearshore upwelling ecosystem. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 14: 1-11</ref>). Flocculation is further influenced by factors such
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• Modelling coastal hydrodynamics
  ...2 pp. Goring, D. G. (1978) Tsunamis - the propagation of long waves onto a shelf, Ph.D. dissertation, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.</ref ...the eastern Irish Sea and implications for model wind-stress. Continental Shelf Research, 29, 1329-1342.</ref>.
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• Dynamics of mud transport
  ...fractal structure of cohesive sediment aggregates. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 39:451-460.</ref>, the structure is not self-similar. In general, ...as been estimated that about 50% of the mud from the Amazon flows down the continental slope in front of its mouth. About 20% is transported to the west by wave a
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• Marine Biotechnology in Black Sea basin
  ...byssal basin with maximum depth of 2300m adjoining a very wide continental shelf area.
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• Marine Biotechnology at Pan-European level
  ...ormous range of marine habitats from coastal lagoons, to inshore waters to shelf seas and the deep ocean. ...tropical and cold coral reefs, deep-sea anoxic sediments and brine lakes, continental margin cold seeps and mudvolcanoes, and coastal and deep-sea hydrothermal v
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• European coastal and marine observatories (2020)
  ...h infrastructure, expertise and high- quality data on European coastal and shelf seas, supporting world-class research, high-impact innovation and a window ...px solid lightblue; font-size: 11px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"| Continental slope of SE Bay of Biscay offshore San Sebastian (Spain)
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• Artificial Neural Networks and coastal applications
  ...tion of Wave Ripple Characteristics using Genetic Programming. Continental Shelf Research 71, 1-15</ref>, sandbank dynamics<ref>Pape, L., Ruessink, B. G., W ...rk predictability experiments for nearshore sandbar migration. Continental Shelf Research 31: 1033-1042</ref> used linear and nonlinear recurrent networks t
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• Legal framework for access to genetic resources
  ...0 nm of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as well as as on the continental shelf (up to 350 nm) the coastal states are given exclusive rights concerning the ...nm of the EEZ of a state (which can extend up to 350 nm on the continental shelf) because the state has the jurisdiction over all natural resources occurrin
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• Coriolis and tidal motion in shelf seas
  ...coastlines – the general characteristics are similar to tidal motion in shelf seas with more complex geometries. ...trengthening the tide when it propagates from the ocean to the continental shelf. This is qualitatively related to the following processes:
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• Estuarine circulation
  ...n of tidal oscillations and nonlinearities in an estuary. Estuarine Coast. Shelf Sci. 39: 477–96</ref>, Jay and Musiak (1996)<ref name=JM>Jay, D.A. and M ...004) Saline intrusion in partially mixed estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 59: 385-397</ref>. During ebb, surface slope and density gradient e
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• Morphology of estuaries
  ...and a strong seasonal discharge variation. Rivers on narrow, high gradient continental shelves with mountainous volcanic hinterlands supply sand rich in volcanic ...ary<ref>Dronkers, J. (2017) Convergence of estuarine channels. Continental Shelf Res. 144: 120–133</ref>. A more detailed discussion of the various estuar
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• Physical processes and morphology of synchronous estuaries
  ...generally restricted to exceptionally long estuaries. See also [[Ocean and shelf tides]]. ...erefore, large and dangerous where storms impact on large areas of shallow Continental Shelves.
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• Harbour porpoise in the Belgian part of the North Sea
  ...ez, J.A. (2013).] Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management. Biol. Conserv. 164: 107-122.< ...ance of harbour porpoises (''Phocoena phocoena'') on the Dutch Continental Shelf, aerial surveys in July 2010-March 2011. Lutra 56(1): 45-57.</ref>. Two imp
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• Beach Cusps
  ...d, K.T., 1998, Beach cusp formation and spacings at Duck, USA, Continental Shelf Res., 18, 1081-1098. </ref>), from calm to almost stormy conditions, and s ...els]], [[Wave ripples]], [[Rhythmic shoreline features]], [[Sand ridges in shelf seas]]). In the case of beach cusp formation the positive feedbacks that le
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• Shelf sea exchange with the ocean
  ...is a steep slope down to oceanic depths in most places. The extent of the shelf (sea) varies from zero around atolls and volcanic sea mounts (for example) ...GlobalShelf.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Figure 1: Global map showing continental shelf areas in cyan. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu
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• Infragravity waves
  ...Reilly, W.C., 1995b. Infragravity-frequency (0.005-0.05 hz) motions on the shelf. part ii: Free waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography 25, 1063–1079</ref ...variability of infragravity energy in a barred nearshore zone. Continental Shelf Research 18, 585–605</ref><ref>Sheremet, A., Guza, R.T., Elgar, S., Herbe
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• Swash zone dynamics
  ...lence on sediment transport in the swash and inner surf zones. Continental Shelf Research 24(7-8): 757-771. </ref>. The infiltration and exfiltration of wat ...sselink, G. and J. A. Puleo (2006). Swash-zone morphodynamics. Continental Shelf Research 26(5): 661-680</ref>. For example, rates of deposition and erosion
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• Wave ripple formation
  ...llatory bedload transport: data review and simple formulation. Continental Shelf Res. 1, 159-190.</ref> and the migration speed is scaled introducing the mo
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• Marine biological valuation
  ...cay) within the context of marine spatial planning. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 95: 186-198</ref>. ...his methodology after 2009. At the Bay of Biscay in the Basque continental shelf, a biological valuation map was created and used to identify biodiversity h
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• Estuarine ecosystems
  ...ontrol on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in estuaries. Continental Shelf Research 7: 1367-1381.</ref>.) As a result, estuaries are '''heterotrophic
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• Open ocean habitat
  ...passes the entire water column and lies beyond the edge of the continental shelf. It extends from the tropics to the polar regions and from the sea surface
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• Littoral drift and shoreline modelling
  ...abrese, M. 2023. On the evolution of beaches of finite length. Continental Shelf Research 259, 104990</ref>.
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• Shoreface profile
  |definition= The shoreface is the nearshore zone of the inner continental shelf that is bounded landward by the mean low-water line and that extends seawar ...xample, the occurrence of shoreface-connected ridges (see [[Sand ridges in shelf seas]]) on the lower shoreface can be theoretically related to sediment tra
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• Ocean and shelf tides
  ...n]] and Sverdrup waves (also called Poincaré waves, see [[Tidal motion in shelf seas]]). ...ated that tidal energy dissipation takes place for about ¾ in the shallow shelf areas and for about ¼ by internal tidal wave breaking. Breaking internal t
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• Coastal and marine sediments
  Continental shelves are formed for the major part from deposits of sediment discharged ...idal flat: Mont-Saint-Michel bay, Normandy, France. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 94, 343-354</ref>.
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• Nature-based shore protection
  ...ture-based flood risk mitigation in coastal cities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 226, 106262</ref> investigated the potential of natural barriers as ...of wave attenuation by four species of Seagrass. ''Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science''. '''35(6)''', pp. 565-576.</ref>; Borum et al., 2004<ref name=B4>
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• Shoreface nourishment
  ...robably also holds for other gently sloping coastal zones situated on wide continental shelves<ref>Anthony, E.J. and Aagaard, T. 2020. The lower shoreface: Morpho ...Fig. 1. Similar characteristics are found at sandy coasts along many other shelf seas.
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• Oil spill pollution impact and recovery
  ...evidence that part of the oil initially accumulated along the continental shelf (300 kg/m2 in January 2003 and 0.5 kg/m2 in October 2004) is gradually tran ...Besonen, M., Parsons, M.L. and Zingre, J. 2019. Oiling of the continental shelf and coastal marshes over eight years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil s
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• Introduction to biodiversity of coastal and marine habitats and ecosystems
  ...at|deep sea]], [[open oceans]] and [[Continental shelf habitat|continental shelf]]. They include the seabed, [[coral reefs]], [[seagrass meadows]] (Fig. 3)
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• Natural variability and change in coastal ecosystems
  ...the north-eastern path of the North Atlantic Drift Province, the European Shelf Break and the North Sea. ...asses of distinctly different properties meet at a sharp boundary, forming shelf break fronts, upwelling fronts, and tidal fronts. The resulting boundary, w
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• Tidal bore dynamics
  ...ref><ref>Dronkers, J. 2017. Convergence of estuarine channels. Continental Shelf Res. 144: 120–133</ref>: ...al bore formation in convergent alluvial estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 172: 121-127</ref> and Filippini et al. (2018)<ref name=F></ref> h
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• Estuarine turbidity maximum
  ...fluid mud, stationary suspensions and tidal bores. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 67: 30–52</ref>. Strong stratification promotes the trapping of f ...f>Prandle, D. 2004. Salt intrusion in partially mixed estuaries. Est.Coast.Shelf Sci. 59: 385-397</ref><ref>Burchard, H. and Schuttelaars, H.H. 2012. Analys
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• Wave set-up
  ...d platform beaches in a fetch-limited, large estuarine system. Continental Shelf Research 192: 104024</ref>.
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• Proudman resonance and meteo tsunamis
  ...el oscillations at tsunami timescales (NSLOTTs). They are recorded on most continental shelves globally, where strong secondary amplification can occur due to top ...rbances (typically in the order of 10-50 m/s). However, on the continental shelf (depths between 50 and 500 m), the speed can be comparable and Proudman res
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• Long-period lunar tides
  ...Earth's and Moon's orbital motion is discussed in the article [[Ocean and shelf tides]]. ...ide generation process, which is influenced by the intricate topography of continental shelves. The strength of tidal motion in different locations on Earth is 4
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