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The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency with a mission to provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen the nation's security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters. It is also a major U.S. Army organization employing some 38,000 ...
A sampler which attempts to secure a sample of the water with its sediment load without separating the sediment from the water.
Industry:Engineering
A groin with openings or voids large enough to permit passage of appreciable quantities of littoral drift through the structure.
Industry:Engineering
Superelevation of the water surface over normal surge elevation due to onshore mass transport of the water by wave action alone.
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A chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a given area at a given time. Popularly called a weather map.
Industry:Engineering
Sediment containing significant proportion of clays, the electromagnetic properties of which cause the sediment to bind together.
Industry:Engineering
The least distance in which steady-state wave conditions will develop for a wind of given speed blowing a given duration of time.
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A corrugation or trough formed in the foreshore or in the bottom just offshore by waves or tidal currents (see ridge and runnel).
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The movement of fresh water and seawater that are mixed by the sloshing back and forth of the estuary in response to ocean tides.
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(1) A stream, less predominant than a river, and generallytributary to a river. (2) A small tidal channel through a coastal marsh.
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Waves with periods above about 30 seconds; can be generated by wave groups breaking in the surf zone. See also infragravity waves.
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