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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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Typhoon
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An intense tropical cyclone in which winds tend to spiral inward toward a core of low pressure, with maximum surface wind velocities that equal or exceed 33.5 m/sec (75 mph or 65 knots) for several ...
Eustatic sea level change
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Change in the relative volume of the world's ocean basins and the total amount of ocean water.
Flood tidal delta
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The bulge of sand formed at the landward mouth of tidal inlets as a result of flow expansion.
Spillover lobe
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Linguoid, bar-like feature formed by ebb tidal current flow over a low area of an ebb shield.
Particle velocity
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The velocity induced by wave motion with which a specific water particle moves within a wave.
Coastal processes
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Collective term covering the action of natural forces on the shoreline, and near shore seabed
Sheet erosion
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The removal of a thin layer of surface material, usually topsoil, by a flowing sheet of water.
