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- ...oreline from [[coastal erosion]]. A more detailed treatment of the effects of groynes is given in [[Groynes as shore protection]]. ...istence of medium-strong longshore sediment transport are major conditions of groynes efficiency.8 KB (1,248 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2021
- ...an "isolated environment", with a rivermouth in the sea and with the mouth of a large estuary. The analysis of the effects of the port breakwaters on [[coast erosion|coastal erosion]] cannot be approached without replacing7 KB (1,098 words) - 16:44, 5 July 2020
- ...ple of an "artificial reef". For a more extensive treatment see [[Detached breakwaters]]. ==Background of erosion management==6 KB (878 words) - 20:33, 4 July 2020
- ...related to the living environment is given in the article '''[[Definitions of marine ecological terms]]'''. ...uals/u43544q/636F617374616C20656E67696E656572696E67206D616E75616C/ </ref>. Other definitions are based on the related Coastal Wiki articles. Terms related t79 KB (11,862 words) - 21:40, 1 April 2024
- ...described in e.g. [[Human causes of coastal erosion]]. Most of the content of this article is drawn from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N. ...ent cell. In practice there is always a net leakage of sediment from or to other coastal regions, but this can be a very slow process. So even though the co14 KB (2,169 words) - 17:21, 26 August 2022
- ...s correspond to alternating phases of erosion and accretion. [[Definitions of coastal terms#Coastal erosion|Structural erosion or accretion]] can only ha ...of coastal erosion]] are discussed in another article. Most of the content of this article is drawn from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N.29 KB (4,651 words) - 22:27, 2 July 2022
- ...ating breakwaters and other special type breakwaters. Different aspects of breakwaters as coastal protection are discussed, as well as their impacts on shoreline Most of the content of this article is drawn from Mangor et al. 2017 <ref> Mangor, K., Drønen, N.31 KB (4,715 words) - 23:55, 30 March 2024
- ...f stone, concrete units or slabs, etc., built to protect a scarp, the foot of a cliff or a dune, a dike or a seawall against erosion by wave action, stor ...st flooding. Furthermore, a revetment is often a supplement to other types of protection such as seawalls and dikes.1 KB (179 words) - 11:46, 30 March 2021
- ...the cove opening is too narrow circulation will be reduced and the quality of the water will decrease and secondly the cove may trap debris and seaweed. ...is normally a small beach between two headlands with little or no exchange of sediment with the adjacent shorelines, see [[Embayed beaches]]. Many natura4 KB (646 words) - 17:40, 18 January 2022
- The following types of transformation are mainly related to wave phenomena occurring in the natura The following types of wave transformation occur mainly in connection with ports and the like. If6 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 ...portance. Wind-generated current speeds are typically less than 5 per cent of the wind speed.14 KB (2,112 words) - 14:00, 20 January 2024
- ...icle [[detached breakwaters]], which describes different types of detached breakwaters, their effects etcetera. ...breakwater schemes. It has been demonstrated that, on some types of coast, breakwaters function differently to groynes. A breakwater can, for example, trap sand o8 KB (1,250 words) - 15:00, 4 October 2021
- ...littoral drift]]. We distinguish four types of coast (see [[Classification of sandy coastlines]]): *type 1: ''Perpendicular wave incidence'', angle of incidence close to zero, small net littoral drift21 KB (3,352 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2021
- ...rious stages of a coastal development project. Further, examples are given of projects where proper analysis and modelling have formed the basis for succ ...assets of coastal development schemes. It is recommended that the planning of a coastal development scheme includes the following coastal engineering dis18 KB (2,697 words) - 11:29, 20 February 2024
- ...mena that occur in the marine environment. The '''transport and dispersion of pollutants, nutrients and tracers in mixed nearshore water''' can have dire ...da. ''Physica D'' '''210''' (1–2) 1–20.</ref> High concentration zones of [[pollutant]]s have been found along coastal regions far from the coastal s19 KB (2,775 words) - 16:03, 7 October 2021
- ...ic model approaches for simulating the interaction between water waves and breakwaters in the surf zone. ...induced dynamics. Formulations derived from experimentations, are, in most of the cases, semi-empirical in nature with their form based on physical consi21 KB (3,036 words) - 16:03, 25 February 2023
- ==Use of floating breakwaters== ...ght|Fig. 1. Example of floating box-breakwater (Fezzano,SP-Italy; courtesy of INGEMAR srl)]]16 KB (2,356 words) - 15:28, 30 March 2024
- ...[[erosion]] is long-term erosion of a stretch of [[coast]]. Gradual losses of sediment with time occur in separate cross-sectional profiles.}} ...an explanation of different types of coastal erosion, see [[Natural causes of coastal erosion]] and [[Dealing with coastal erosion]].1 KB (151 words) - 16:53, 27 March 2021
- ...s and revetments. The article further explains how and why the application of a seawall or revetment might be used to resolve well-defined real life coas ...cle with a seawall an almost vertical structure is meant. The seaward side of the seawall is thought to be rather smooth.13 KB (2,089 words) - 20:07, 18 September 2023
- This article mentions three classical examples of man-induced [[structural erosion]] problems: # stabilization of a river mouth / tidal inlet;8 KB (1,293 words) - 20:50, 31 March 2021
