Coastal engineering

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.

Industry: Engineering

Add a new term

Contributors in Coastal engineering

Become a Contributors

Coastal engineering

Rill marks

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Tiny drainage channels in a beach caused by the flow seaward of water left in the sands of the upper part of the beach after the retreat of the tide or after the dying down of storm waves.

Advection

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Changes in a sea water property (salinity, temperature, oxygen content, etc.) that take place in the presence of currents. Also, changes in atmospheric properties in the earth's atmosphere.

Lagoon

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A shallow body of water, like a pond or sound, partly or completely separated from the sea by a barrier island or reef. Sometimes connected to the sea via an inlet.

Tidal wave

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) The wave motion of the tides. (2) In popular usage, any unusually high and destructive water level along a shore, usually referring to storm surge or tsunami, which are not tidal phenomena at ...

Submerged Lands Act

Engineering; Coastal engineering

United States federal legislation that granted to the coastal states federal rights to natural resources within 3 nautical miles (up to 9 miles for Texas and the Gulf coast of Florida) of the ...

Chemical weathering

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Disintegration of rocks and sediments by chemical alteration of the constituent minerals or of the cementing matrix. It is caused by exposure, oxidation, temperature changes, and biological ...

Of or pertaining to a shore, especially of the sea. Often used as a general term for the coastal zone influenced by wave action, or, more specifically, the shore zone between the high and low water ...