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  • ...Fig. 1). They are indirectly formed by the wind because they receive their energy from the short sea- and swell waves, which have typical periods of 2-20s. W ...duces a variation of the mean water level on a group scale, and results in energy that fluctuates at the same frequency as the wave group. This induced wave
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  • ...ts on an embayed, high-energy coastline: examples from western Ireland”. Marine Geology, Vol. 210(1), 261-280.</ref><ref name=MJ>Mendoza, E.T. and Jiménez ...ical cyclones which form almost exclusively over tropical seas, as well as marine storm events resulting from severe wave conditions and/or high sea levels (
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  • ...considered as the region of the beach face exposed to the atmosphere over wind, swell and infragravity wave durations, i.e., seconds to a few minutes. ...ding waves (figure 2a). On intermediate and reflective beaches, short wave energy reaches the beach face in the form of bores or shore-breaks, which collapse
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  • ...es. The first section provides a descriptive overview of the generation of wind waves, their characteristics, the processes which control their movement an Ocean waves are mainly generated by the action of wind on water. The waves are formed initially by a complex process of resonance
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  • ...services approach is a reductionist method, but the benefits arising from marine biodiversity are entirely dependent on the state of the whole ecosystem. Th ...provided by marine biodiversity: Implications for the ecosystem approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 253–265</ref>
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  • ...ne of the sub-categories within the section dealing with biodiversity of [[marine habitats and ecosystems]]. It gives an overview about the characteristics, ...masses and thus their relative motion. The circulation patterns driven by wind and density differences are strongly influenced by topography. Further info
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  • where <math>E</math> is the wave energy density [J/m<sup>2</sup>]. By assuming shallow water conditions at the loca ...he formula proposed by Bagnold (1963)<ref>Bagnold, R.A. 1963. Mechanics of Marine Sedimentation, in The Sea, Vol. 3, 507-528, (ed. Hill, M.N.), Interscience,
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  • ..., N.E. 2017. Shoreline management guidelines. DHI https://www.dhigroup.com/marine-water/ebook-shoreline-management-guidelines</ref>. ...D. 1984. Morphodynamic variability of surf zones and beaches: a synthesis. Marine Geology, 56: 93-118.</ref>, is the ratio of the significant wave height at
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  • ...wer shoreface can be theoretically related to sediment transport by strong wind-driven currents. Other definitions of the outer boundary of the lower shore Most energy is dissipated in the upper part of the shoreface, where wave overturning an
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  • ...western part of the Indian Ocean <ref>Lyard F.H. and Le Provost, C. 1997. Energy budget of the tidal hydrodynamical model FES94.1. Geophys. Res. Lett. 24(6) ===Tidal energy dissipation===
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  • ...to integrate scientific knowledge on climate change and eutrophication for marine and coastal waters. ...problems and possibly increase the proliferation of harmful algal bloom.In marine and coastal waters, eutrophication occurs as a result of the additions of c
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  • {{Definition|title=Marine sediment ==Origin of coastal and marine sediments==
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  • ...stige Oil Spill on the Biota of NW Spain: 5 Years of Learning. Advances in Marine Biology 56: 365-396</ref>): ...d. Important losses of reproductive and breeding habitats may occur in low-energy environments such as rías, bays, estuaries or coastal marshes, which tend
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  • ...e, at different geographical scales and at different levels of coastal and marine ecosystems. The way in which natural variation is influenced by issues rela Coastal and marine [[ecosystems]] are not in a steady state, but exhibit continuous changes in
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  • ...ate (small) changes in seabed/beach level; (2) potential to dissipate wave energy, thus reducing wave loads on the structure, and also reducing the tendency ...t design conditions correspond to a situation with high waves and a strong wind- and wave-driven set-up of the mean water level. In this situation waves ar
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  • ...nisms. In addition, tidal flats may provide significant protection against marine erosion.<br> ...ms, marine biotechnology and the production of renewable energy in coastal wind and wave power installations. Exploitation of resources always carries by t
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  • ...t of two-dimensional deep-water wave groups in the presence and absence of wind. J. Fluid Mech. 811: 642–658 </ref>, wave breaking starts on the shorefac <math> gradient \; of \; wave \; energy \; flux = wave \; energy \; dissipation, \qquad (6)</math>
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  • ...ave celerity. These wave periods are in general longer than the periods of wind waves and shorter than the periods of tidal components. Significant wave mo # Outward radiation. The reflected wave takes energy away from the basin and thus reduces the wave motion inside. This is illust
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  • ...Morphodynamic variability of high-energy macrotidal beaches, Cornwall, UK. Marine Geol. 350: 97-111</ref>. During summer, low-energy swell waves carry the sand deposited on the upper shoreface back to the sub
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  • ...ions]] and the use of radar in the article [[Use of X-band and HF radar in marine hydrography]], both with references to other related articles. However, the ...Coastal Bathymetry—Review, User Needs and Future Services. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 740830</ref>. The accuracy of satellite-derived bathymetry is us
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