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- ...absence of net offshore or onshore sand transport. The orientation of the beach can change in response to fluctuations in the dominant direction of inciden ...ive coastal zone (sometimes also called ''active coastal profile'') is the beach zone over which sand is exchanged in cross-shore direction by natural proce14 KB (2,169 words) - 17:21, 26 August 2022
- *Beach breakwaters .... 0.9 to 1.0, the sand accumulation behind the breakwater will connect the beach to the breakwater in a tombolo formation. But again, parameters other than31 KB (4,715 words) - 23:55, 30 March 2024
- ...t an area by creating a recreational environment for both swimming and the beach-landing of small boats. There are however things to consider, if the cove ...e structures have been built, however it is recommended to include initial beach fill in the design.4 KB (646 words) - 17:40, 18 January 2022
- ...l continue to erode unless the breakwaters cover the entire littoral zone. Beach breakwaters will eventually collapse if their sea sides are not strengthene ...se of segmented breakwaters and nourishment secures against erosion of the beach in the gaps, but also to some extent against coastal erosion in the areas d8 KB (1,250 words) - 15:00, 4 October 2021
- ...function at the site. Development of conceptual schemes with artificial [[beach|beaches]] and [[lagoon]]s shall be done so respecting the natural condition The requirements of a good quality artificial beach are normally the following:18 KB (2,697 words) - 11:29, 20 February 2024
- === Equilibrium Beach Profile === ...ruun, P., 1954, ‘Coast erosion and the development of beach profiles’, Beach erosion board technical memorandum. No. 44. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways8 KB (1,195 words) - 12:36, 3 October 2021
- ...pocket beaches where the sediment storage might not be sufficient to help beach erosion resilience.3 KB (413 words) - 16:39, 1 August 2019
- |definition= A cove is a pocket beach suspended between two oblique coastal structures.}}236 bytes (33 words) - 16:05, 11 December 2007
- ...any small sandy pocket beaches occur along indented rocky coasts. Gravelly beach ridges back some sandy beaches; others have dune fields (Klemsdal 1969).11 KB (1,660 words) - 09:37, 30 July 2019
- ...ential seawards decay over a linearly sloping beach. However over a barred beach the amplitude can become large over the bar crest. [[Beach cusps]] along pocket beaches (beaches enclosed between headlands) have sometimes been associated2 KB (333 words) - 16:58, 18 August 2021
- ...tation and other cementing agents (silica, iron). Soft cliffs often have a beach at the base, with an intertidal veneer of sand and gravel. The seaward edge ...esence of headlands and rocky outcrops. Cliff beaches are narrow, but wide pocket beaches can occur in sheltered zones between headlands. Sediments are usual11 KB (1,732 words) - 17:10, 24 June 2022
- ...ke, J.S. (Editors). 1996. Guidelines for the application of control works. Beach Management Manual. CIRIA report 153</ref> also provides a useful summary gu ...e shoreline as the primary means of protection. A sufficiently substantial beach can accommodate the dynamic changes that are the result of differing climat15 KB (2,145 words) - 16:46, 27 September 2021
- ...is less the case when they are created artificially by isolating a linear beach between long groins. ...beach implies that net offshore loss of sediment is limited (otherwise no beach would be present). Hence, the budget of the sand body comprised between the13 KB (2,008 words) - 16:12, 3 October 2021
- # '''Compression shock''' where the wave breaks on the wall so that a pocket (or air pockets) of air is trapped and compressed with great energy, then t ...formed a kind of plunging breaker near the vertical wall, enclosing an air pocket with an upper 'wave tongue' that compresses the air with great energy. The7 KB (1,237 words) - 19:00, 10 January 2023
