Shore Processes and Shoreline Development

Amer bay bars beach cusps beach drifting beach ridges bottom Cape coast coastal compound shoreline CORNISH crest cuspate foreland cusps cycle Darss DAVIS débris deep water delta denudation deposition depth dune ridges embankment eroded feet fjords formation Geog Geol Geology glacial hanging valleys Harbor headland height hydraulic currents inlets Island Jour lagoon Lake Lake Bonneville land mass landward length London longshore currents longshore transportation mainland marine bench marine cliff marsh material mature miles move movement ocean offshore bar origin oscillation oscillatory waves peneplane plain PLATE Proc profile of equilibrium prograding recurved ripple marks river sand sea-bottom sealevel seaward sediment seiche shallow shingle shore profile shoreline of emergence shoreline of submergence slope spit stage storm waves stream subsidence surface Surv Swinemünde terrace theory tidal currents tide tombolo transportation valleys velocity water particles wave action wave attack wave currents wave erosion waves of translation wind zone