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− | == Classification of sediments ==
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− | * Sediment Classification
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− | * [[coastal zone characteristics]]
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− | * [[rocky shores]] - change to singular
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− | * [[sandy shores]] - change to singular
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− | * muddy coastlines - [[characteristics of muddy coasts]]
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− | * gravel beaches - [[shingle shores and gravel banks]]
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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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− | Article by
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− | |AuthorFullName=Somerville, Tracy
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− | |AuthorName=Tracy}}
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