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- [[Image:Construction_of_a_coastal_structure.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Fig 1: A coastal structure under construction.]] ...e designed to withstand. This will be the case, in particular, for all the structures built in shallow water where the depth imposes the maximal amplitude becaus20 KB (3,003 words) - 15:51, 25 February 2023
- ...sk reduction of coastal erosion in the People's Republic of China. Ocean & Coastal Management 103: 134-145</ref> ...wick and Fleming (2018)<ref> Reeve, D., Chadwick, A. and Fleming, C. 2018. Coastal Engineering: Processes, Theory and Design, Practice 3rd Edition. CRC press,15 KB (2,145 words) - 16:46, 27 September 2021
- ...n of ecosystems that reinforce the shore protection function of artificial structures. Examples discussed in this article are ecological enhancement with reef bu ...coastal stretches around the world have been armored with hard protection structures. For example, 14% of the United States coastline (Popkin, 2015<ref>Popkin,16 KB (2,325 words) - 21:09, 31 March 2024
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- ...uctures]] which aim to [[coastal protection|protect]] the shoreline from [[coastal erosion]]. A more detailed treatment of the effects of groynes is given in ...es decreases and part of the beach is washed away (see [[Natural causes of coastal erosion]]).8 KB (1,248 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2021
- ...describes the impacts of breakwaters for three different types of ports on coastal [[erosion]]. The discussed ports are examples of ports in an "isolated envi The analysis of the effects of the port breakwaters on [[coast erosion|coastal erosion]] cannot be approached without replacing the structure in its whole7 KB (1,098 words) - 16:44, 5 July 2020
- This article describes a specific type of coastal defence. Detached shore parallel breakwaters are an example of an "artifici ...intenance and lifetime service as well as the rebuilding or dismantling of structures when their lifetime is over.6 KB (878 words) - 20:33, 4 July 2020
- ...tly used in the Coastal Wiki. The focus is on terms related to '''physical coastal processes and engineering'''. A complementary list of definitions related t ...tions are based on the related Coastal Wiki articles. Terms related to the coastal profile are illustrated in the figure below.79 KB (11,862 words) - 21:40, 1 April 2024
- ...r processes, that come about from [[Tidal wave|waves]] transforming over a coastal profile and generating wave set up and [[Longshore current|longshore curren ...rs for the description of the sediment transport along a shoreline or in a coastal area are therefore the following:29 KB (4,518 words) - 11:18, 6 July 2020
- ...Erosion due to human interventions is described in e.g. [[Human causes of coastal erosion]]. Most of the content of this article is drawn from Mangor et al. ...ical concept, it can be very useful in practice for analysing and managing coastal erosion processes.14 KB (2,169 words) - 17:21, 26 August 2022
- ...lternating phases of erosion and accretion. [[Definitions of coastal terms#Coastal erosion|Structural erosion or accretion]] can only happen in response to st ...nds of human interventions may affect coastal erosion. [[Natural causes of coastal erosion]] are discussed in another article. Most of the content of this art29 KB (4,651 words) - 22:27, 2 July 2022
- ...rs and other special type breakwaters. Different aspects of breakwaters as coastal protection are discussed, as well as their impacts on shoreline evolution. *Distance from shoreline and location relative to the [[Definitions of coastal terms#Breaker zone or Surf zone|surf zone]]31 KB (4,715 words) - 23:55, 30 March 2024
- [[Dune]]s are a natural coastal feature on moderately exposed and exposed coasts. [[Dune]]s are formed by t ...wave and storm surge attack and at the same time it preserves the natural coastal landscape, if performed moderately. Dune stabilisation requires a planned a9 KB (1,306 words) - 19:25, 1 August 2023
- ...tion and storm surge, such as flooding. Seawalls are normally very massive structures because they are designed to resist the full force of waves and storm surge [[Image:Seawall structures.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Fig. 1. Examples of seawall structures.]]3 KB (523 words) - 13:06, 30 December 2022
- ...he emergency protection is installed in order to prevent further damage to coastal installations. "Unexpected" can have different causes as discussed in the f ...despite the fact that it could have been foreseen if proper monitoring and coastal investigations had been practised2 KB (355 words) - 12:09, 16 September 2020
- ...of coastal nourishments requires insight into the processes that shape the coastal profile. For an introduction to these processes, the reader is referred to ...ource (borrow area) at a sufficient distance from the project area so that coastal hydrodynamics remain unaffected.12 KB (1,875 words) - 15:32, 23 July 2023
- ...here the natural beach has become too narrow and low due to erosion of the coastal profile, see Fig. 1. Restoring an equilibrium [[shoreface profile|coastal profile]] requires sand fill (artificial nourishment) of the subtidal beach4 KB (628 words) - 18:42, 22 January 2024
- ...ccur naturally (between to headlands) or artificially (between two coastal structures) and has specific functional characteristics. The [[cove]] concept is simi ...artificial pocket beaches will begin to form by themselves as soon as the structures have been built, however it is recommended to include initial beach fill in4 KB (646 words) - 17:40, 18 January 2022
- The short waves are the single most important parameter in coastal morphology. Wave conditions vary considerably from site to site, depending ...so referred to as short-crested. Wind waves tend to be destructive for the coastal profile because they generate an offshore (as opposed to onshore) movement20 KB (2,992 words) - 16:09, 14 February 2024
- ...rs in [[deep water]] when the waves are too steep. If the waves meet major structures or abrupt changes in the coastline, they will be transformed by diffraction ...n is the process by which the waves propagate into the lee zone behind the structures by energy transmittance laterally along the wave crests.6 KB (1,006 words) - 13:44, 22 February 2024
- The various types of currents in the sea, which may be important to coastal processes in one way or another, are described in the following. ==Currents in coastal seas==14 KB (2,112 words) - 14:00, 20 January 2024
- ...on= A scheme which consists of new artificial beaches, stabilising coastal structures and filling/reclamation, which in combination provides new recreational fac471 bytes (60 words) - 09:54, 15 February 2007
- ...., Larson, M. and Wise, R. A. 1998. Depth of Closure in Beach-fill Design. Coastal Engineering Technical Note CETN II-40, 3/98, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways E ...|right|thumb|450px|caption |Fig. 1. Schematic representation of the active coastal zone for a dune coast and cross-shore sand redistribution for alternating s23 KB (3,596 words) - 12:03, 24 April 2024
- ...g the [[coast]] from [[erosion]] and [[coastline]] retreat, from damage to coastal settlements and from flooding of the hinterland. ...y, J.P. (2004) 'Coastal squeeze' - an historical perspective. ''Journal of Coastal Conservation'', '''10/1-2''', 129-138.</ref>). See also the article [[Natur1 KB (169 words) - 17:59, 7 March 2023
