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− | == Classification of sediments ==
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− | Sediment Classification
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− | rocky coastlines
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− | sandy coastlines
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− | muddy coastlines
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− | gravel beaches
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− | reflective beaches
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− | dissipative beaches
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− | == Sediment transport ==
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− | accretion
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− | deposition
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− | Radiation Stress
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− | Sediment dynamics
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− | Sediment budget
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− | Feedback mechanisms
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− | Self-organization
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− | littoral transport
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− | bottom boundary layer
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− | sediment properties
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− | particle size characteristics
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− | grain size
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− | phi scale
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− | porosity
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− | viscosity
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− | specific gravity
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− | settling velocity
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− | fall velocity disambiguation settling velocity
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− | bed shear stress
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− | thresholds of grain movement
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− | laminar flow
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− | turbulent flow
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− | Reynolds number
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− | Froude number
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− | benthic boundary layer
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− | traction
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− | saltation
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− | bedforms
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− | equilibrium profile
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− | beach cross-shore profile
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− | beach long-shore shape
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− | closure depth
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− | wave generated bedforms
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− | tidally generated bedforms
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− | ridge and runnel
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− | ripples
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− | antidunes
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− | rolling-grain ripples
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− | vortex ripples
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− | longshore bars and troughs / longshore bar
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− | berm / berm formation
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− | bed shear stress
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− | deltas
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− | turbidity
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− | turbidity currents
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− | bar formation
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− | bar migration
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− | transverse bar
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− | dune formation
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− | dune morphology
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− | scarp
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− | crescentic bars
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− | cohesive sediment dynamics
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− | turbidity
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− | turbidity maximum
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− | fluid muds
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− | turbulence
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− | settling lag
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− | non-cohesive sediment dynamics
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− | aeolian
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− | aeolian transport
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− | blowouts
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− | precipitation ridge
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− | transgressive dune fields
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− | erosional coastal features
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− | accretional coastal features
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− | dredging
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− | sand mining
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− | == Bedforms ==
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− | Sediments may self-organize into various [[bedform]]s, such as [[ripple]]s and [[dune]]s. These are described in the article on [[geomorphology]].
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