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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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Soil
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A layer of weathered, unconsolidated material on top of bed rock; in geologic usage, usually defined as containing organic matter and being capable of supporting plant growth.
Smooth sheet
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A sheet on which field control and hydrographic data such as soundings, depth curves, and regions surveyed with a wire drag are plotted before the production of a final chart.
Awash
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Situated so that the top is intermittently washed by waves or tidal action. Condition of being exposed or just bare at any stage of the tide between high water and chart datum.
Breaker zone
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The zone within which waves approaching the coastline commence breaking, typically in water depths of between 5 and 10 metres for ocean coasts, but sometimes in shallower water.
Nature of bottom
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The composition or character of the bed of an ocean or other body of water (e.g., clay, coral, gravel, mud, ooze, pebbles, rock, shell, shingle, hard, or soft).
Short-crested wave
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A wave, the crest length of which is of the same order of magnitude as the wave length. A system of short-crested waves has the appearance of hills being separated by troughs.
Piping
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Erosion of closed flow channels (tunnels) by the passage of water through soil; flow underneath structures, carrying away particles, may endanger the stability of the structure.
