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| Sedimentary budget where sediment input is greater than sediment loss |
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| Most general term for a braod nearly level area flooded at high tide and exposted at low tide |
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| entire portion of a beach across which waves of translation wash over the course of a day |
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| Portion of a beach across which waves of translation wash at any specific time |
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| semi enclosed body of water with greater than normal marine salinity because of excess evaporation |
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| Type of Groin which allows a percentage of sediment to pass through |
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| term for condition where sea water's temperature is uniform from the surface to the bottom |
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| term to describe the alignment of the earth sun and moon at the new or full moon |
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| temporary change in sea level associated with the wind generated build up of water against the shore |
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| collapsing wall of water that roats upsteream in some valleys with extreme spring tides |
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| wave produced, migrartory and temporary off shroe sediment ridge that parallels the beach |
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| term for adding sand to a beach to either expand it or restore it after erosion |
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| world wide long term change in sea level |
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| ability to see objects beyond the curvature of the earths surface |
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| term from wave induced movement of seidment along a beach in the zone of swash |
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| term for all of the movement of sediment along a beach cause by wind waves and currents |
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| term for a sea, such as the north sea, that floods the interior of a continent |
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| lines in an amphiodromic system connecting all points experiencing the same tidal range |
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| condition that exists when beach sediment input equals sediment loss |
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| intertidal area covered with salt tolerant grasses |
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| portion of the beach where berms are located |
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| apparent flow of water away from the land with the approaching low tide |
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| semi enclosed body of water with lower than normal marine salinity because of inflow from rivers |
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| coastal winds that blow from an epicontinental or pericontinental sea onto the land |
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| tide genereated by the moon or sun |
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| types of waves responsible for a fair weather beach |
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| this layertypically forms the bulk of the delta |
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| delta type that forms where tidal range is large |
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| coastal feature formed where the continent juts out into the sea |
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| type of barometric tide expected with an atmosphhereic high pressure |
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| phase of the moon when the moon and sun are on directly opposite sides of the earth |
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| name for the coastal structure built of rock or fragments of concrete and placed at teh base of a sea cliff |
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| bending of light as it passes from warm air into cold air |
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| when more than half of the moon is illuminated |
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| wall built along a coast to prevent loose sediment or fill from sliding into the sea |
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| term for an accumulatoin of sediment attached to teh coast alogn its length |
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| terms for that part of the orbit where the earth and sun are farthest apart |
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