A raised shoreline is an ancient shoreline exposed above current water level. These landforms are formed by a relative change in sea level due to global...
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A raised beach is an emergent coastal landform. Raised beaches and marine terraces are beaches or wave-cut platforms raised above the shoreline by a...
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activity, grow into atolls from coral reefs, and form from sediment along shorelines, creating barrier islands. River islands can also form from sediment and...
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and other coastal engineering features. Groynes, however, may cause a shoreline to be perceived as unnatural. Groynes are generally straight but could...
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Pinet, Paul R (2008) Invitation to Oceanography, Chapter 11: The Dynamic Shoreline. Edition 5 revised. Jones & Bartlett Learning, ISBN 0-7637-5993-7 "Breaker...
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coast. The waves of different strengths that constantly hit against the shoreline are the primary movers and shapers of the coastline. Despite the simplicity...
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coast Graded shoreline Ingression coast Large-scale coastal behaviour Longshore drift Marine regression Marine transgression Raised shoreline Rip current...
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preventing longshore transport of sediment. The coastal engineering for the shoreline protection involves: Soft engineering: Beach nourishment is a type of...
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a raised shoreline or raised beach with relict sea-cliffs. The hillside above the cliffs has a shallow slope resulting from a much earlier raised beach...
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ancient shoreline terraces Machair – Fertile low-lying grassy plain Piedmonttreppen Raised beach – Emergent coastal landform Raised shoreline – Ancient...
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