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Coastal engineering
A branch of civil engineering that applies engineering principles specifically to projects within the coastal zone including areas nearshore, estuary, marine, and shoreline.
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Oceanography
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The study of the sea, embracing and indicating all knowledge pertaining to the sea's physical boundaries, the chemistry and physics of seawater, marine biology, and marine geology.
Tidelands
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The zone between the mean high water line and the mean low water line, commonly referred to as the beach. Waters above the tidelands are inland, being landward of the coast line.
Chenier
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A long, narrow wooded beach ridge or sandy hummock forming roughly parallel to a prograding shore, usually seaward of marsh and mud-flat deposits (as along the south coast of Louisiana)
Ebb tidal delta
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The bulge of sand formed at the seaward mouth of tidal inlets as a result of interaction between tidal currents and waves. Also called inlet-associated bars and estuary entrance shoals.
Insular shelf
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The zone surrounding an island extending from the low water line to the depth (usually about 183 m; 100 fathoms) where there is a marked or rather steep descent toward the great depths.
Lower low water (LLW)
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The lower of the two low waters of any tidal day. The single low water occurring daily during periods when the tide is diurnal is considered to be a lower low water.
Outflanking
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Erosion behind or around the land-based end of a groin, jetty, or breakwater or the terminus of a bulkhead, revetment, or seawall, usually causing failure of the structure or its function
