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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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Aeolian
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Pertaining to the wind, esp. used with deposits such as loess and dune sand, and sedimentary structures like wind-formed ripple marks.
Lagging of tide
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The periodic retardation in the time of occurrence of high and low water due to changes in the relative positions of the moon and sun.
Eolian
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Pertaining to the wind, esp. used with deposits such as loess and dune sand, and sedimentary structures like wind-formed ripple marks.
Slump
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In mass wasting, movement along a curved surface in which the upper part moves vertically downward while the lower part moves outward.
Mineral
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solid that has a definite chemical composition and possesses characteristic physical properties.
Terminal groyne
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A groin, often at the end of a littoral cell or at the updrift side of an inlet, intended to prevent sediment passage into the channel beyond.
Meteorological tides
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Tidal constituents having their origin in the daily or seasonal variation in weather conditions which may occur with some degree of periodicity.
