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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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Sediment sink
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Point or area at which beach material is irretrievably lost from a coastal cell, such as an estuary, or a deep channel in the seabed.
Continental slope
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The declivity from the offshore border of the continental shelf to oceanic depths. It is characterised by a marked increase in slope.
Crenulate
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An indented or wavy shoreline beach form, with the regular seaward- pointing parts rounded rather than sharp, as in the cuspate type.
Swash zone
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The zone of wave action on the beach, which moves as water levels vary, extending from the limit of run-down to the limit of run-up.
Rectification
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The process of producing, from a tilted or oblique photograph, a photograph from which displacement caused by tilt has been removed.
Littoral current
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Any current in the littoral zone caused primarily by wave action; e.g., longshore current, rip current.
Phase
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In surface wave motion, a point in the period to which the wave motion has advanced with respect to a given initial reference point.
