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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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Stone
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Quarried or artificially-broken rock for use in construction, either as aggregate or cut into shaped blocks as dimension stone.
Sounding
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A measured depth of water. On hydrographic charts the soundings are adjusted to a specific plane of reference (sounding datum).
Beach face
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The section of the beach normally exposed to the action of the wave uprush. The foreshore of a beach. (Not synonymous with shoreface.)
Transitional water
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In regard to progressive gravity waves, water whose depth is less than ½ but more than 1/25 the wavelength. Often called shallow water.
Transitional zone
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In regard to progressive gravity waves, water whose depth is less than ½ but more than 1/25 the wavelength. Often called shallow water.
Spring tide
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A tide that occurs at or near the time of new or full moon (syzygy) and which rises highest and falls lowest from the mean sea level.
Velocity profile
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The velocity gradient within the bottom boundary layer, displayed as a graph of height above the bed against the velocity of the flow.
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