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| process of large waves transporting sediment from the ocean side to the landward side of a barrier island |
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| syzygy produces these special tides at least twice each month, sometimes thrice a month |
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| the type of seasonal beach with several berms and a steep intertidal area |
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| name of a tidal flat covered with grass |
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| angle between beach face and the vertical |
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| this part of a delta mainly consists of flocculated clays |
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| these are the most likely coastal breezes to develop during the daylight hours |
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| this term means to artificially add sediment to a beach to replace what has been eroded |
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| this is an off shore wave eroded depression in the sidements of teh wave built platform that parallels the shoreline |
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| tidal graph likely to form if the period of the basin is about 16 hours |
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| true change in sea level because of a change in the volume of water in the ocean |
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| term for temporary changes in sea level associated with changes in atmospheric pressure, not caused by wind |
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| this phenomenon allows objects to be seen beyond the horizon and the image is right side up |
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| general term for a restricted coastal indentation in which freshwater dilutes marine water |
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| term for the time when there is no moon in the night sky |
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| areas of teh coast that project seaward into the ocean |
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| produced when a flood tide prevents the outflow of freshwater from a river |
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| this phenomonem prevents teh mnixing of coastal and oceanic water masses |
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| name for a flooded river valley |
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| term for the time between full moon and new moon |
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| vertical difference in elevation of sea level between consecutive high and low tides |
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| name for only that part of the beach across which the waves are washing at a given moment |
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| tide for a minimum total range for a month |
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| type of delta that develops when waves and tidal range are very small and deposition dominates |
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| outward force directed away from the center of rotation |
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| term for the concentric lines of debris standed on teh beach face by receding waves |
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| name for a marine seas which floods teh interior of a continent |
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| the bending of light and sound waves into a region where they ravel slower |
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| name for a flooded glacial valley |
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| apparent flow of watertowars teh shore as an area moves from a tidal depression into a tidal bulge |
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| name for the cumulative zigzag movement of sediment along teh beach |
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| when less than half of the moon is illuminated |
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| this coastal modification primarily is designed to hold fill in place |
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| strong high wall built ot prevent flooding by high waves |
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| this phenomenon produces an inverted image of an object aveo where the ojbect is located |
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| term for the time during which increasingly more of the moon is illuminated each night |
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| the accumulation of a mound like mass of water to the leeward of winds |
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| name for the balance between sediment eroded and sediment despoited from a beach |
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| term for when the earth and sun or erth and moon are closest in their orbits |
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| name for rock debris not the structure placed at the foot of a sea cliff |
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