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...

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...

activity, grow into atolls from coral reefs, and form from sediment along shorelines, creating barrier islands. River islands can also form from sediment and...

and other coastal engineering features. Groynes, however, may cause a shoreline to be perceived as unnatural. Groynes are generally straight but could...

Pinet, Paul R (2008) Invitation to Oceanography, Chapter 11: The Dynamic Shoreline. Edition 5 revised. Jones & Bartlett Learning, ISBN 0-7637-5993-7 "Breaker...

coast. The waves of different strengths that constantly hit against the shoreline are the primary movers and shapers of the coastline. Despite the simplicity...

coast Graded shoreline Ingression coast Large-scale coastal behaviour Longshore drift Marine regression Marine transgression Raised shoreline Rip current...

preventing longshore transport of sediment. The coastal engineering for the shoreline protection involves: Soft engineering: Beach nourishment is a type of...

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...

ancient shoreline terraces Machair – Fertile low-lying grassy plain Piedmonttreppen Raised beach – Emergent coastal landform Raised shoreline – Ancient...