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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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Coastal engineering
Impermeable groyne
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A groyne constructed such that sand cannot pass through the structure (but sand may still move over or around it).
Well-sorted
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Clastic sediment or rock that consists of particles all having approximately the same size. Example: sand dunes.
Autochthonous
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A term applied to shelves on which older shelf sediments are primarily being reworked by modern shelf processes.
Weir
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A low dam or wall across a stream to raise the upstream water level. Termed fixed crest weir when uncontrolled.
Fetch length
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The horizontal distance (in the direction of the wind) over which a wind generates seas or creates a wind setup.
Stack
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An isolated, pillar-like rocky island isolated from a nearby headland by wave erosion; a needle or chimney rock.
Slide
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In mass wasting, movement of a descending mass along a plane approximately parallel to the slope of the surface.
