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* [[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]] | * [[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:52, 23 September 2018
Definition of Accretion:
The accumulation of (beach) sediment, deposited by natural fluid flow processes.[1].
This is the common definition for Accretion, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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References
- ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.
Definition of accretion or aggradation given in Definitions of coastal terms:
Growth (vertical and/or horizontal) of morphological features (beach, bar, dune, sand bank, tidal flat, salt marsh, tidal channel, etc.) by sedimentation.
