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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Coastal engineering

natural tracer

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A component of a sediment deposit that is unique to a particular source and can be used to identify the source and transport routes to a place of deposition.

bench

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) A level or gently sloping erosion plane inclined seaward. (2) A nearly horizontal area at about the level of maximum high water on the sea side of a dike.

choppy sea

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Short, rough waves tumbling with a short and quick motion. Short-crested waves that may spring up quickly in a moderate breeze, and break easily at the crest.

competence

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The ability of a wind or water current to transport detritus, in terms of particle size rather than amount, measured as the diameter of the largest particles.

escarpment

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A more or less continuous line of cliffs or steep slopes facing in one general direction which are caused by erosion or faulting. Also scarp.

glacier

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope of valley or spreading outward on a land surface (e.g., Greenland, Antarctica) and surviving from year to year.

low water line

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The line where the established low water datum intersects the shore. The plane of reference that constitutes the low water datum differs in different regions.