Coastal engineering

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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Anchor ice

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Spongy underwater ice formed on a submerged object or attached to the bottom of a shallow body of water which is itself not frozen; syn. bottom ice

Knoll

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A submerged elevation of rounded shape rising less than 1000 metres from the ocean floor and of limited extent across the summit. Compare seamount.

Silt

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Sediment particles with a grain size between 0.004 mm and 0.062 mm, i.e. coarser than clay particles but finer than sand. See soil classification.

Monolithic

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Like a single stone or block. In coastal structures, the type of construction in which the structure's component parts are bound together to act as one.

Internal friction

Engineering; Coastal engineering

That molecular property of a fluid that enables it to support tangential stresses for a finite time and thus to resist deformation. Resistance to flow.

Territorial sea

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The offshore belt in which a coastal state has exclusive jurisdiction. The territorial sea may not extend more than 12 nautical miles from the coastline.

Rock weathering

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Physical and mineralogical decay processes in rock brought about by exposure to climatic conditions either at the present time or in the geological past.