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• Beach drainage
  ...d backwash. The uprush moves sand onshore while the backwash transports it offshore, see [[Swash zone dynamics]].
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• Waves
  ...wave energy resource assessment. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6–11 July 2008; ...M. 2017. Types of Ocean Surface Waves, Wave Classification. Encycl. Marit. Offshore Eng. 2017: 1–8</ref>:
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• Wave transformation
  ...wave height at breaking. As a rule of thumb, the wave set-up is 20% of the offshore significant wave height. Gradients in wave set-up, e.g. in partly sheltered ...f an onshore phase with decelerating upwards flow (uprush or swash) and an offshore phase with accelerating downwards flow (downrush or backwash)
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• Currents
  ...ip currents have their principal axes oriented perpendicular to the beach (offshore) while longshore currents act parallel to the beach. These currents are all ...re [[wave set-up]] gradient (representing [[radiation stress]] decay). The offshore discharge of water is compensated by the onshore directed mass transport an
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• Breakwater
  ...ters at the leeside. It can be linked to the shore or it can be positioned offshore.}}
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• Closure depth
  ...uch as the beach adjacent to a long jetty, at which sediment may be jetted offshore by a-large [[rip current]] or an ebb [[tide|tidal]] shoal where the tidal c ...e, a shoal or buffer zone which is usually called lower shoreface and an [[offshore zone]] or shelf zone. This partition defines two closure depths, namely:
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• Offshore zone
  {{Definition|title=Offshore zone ...f the [[surf zone]] or off the [[littoral zone]]. In the Coastal Wiki, the offshore zone is usually defined as the zone off the [[shoreface]]<ref name="Karsten
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• Rip current
  ...urrents are wave-generated currents that depart from the nearshore zone in offshore direction. }} '''a narrow offshore directed jet flow generated by a local imbalance between wave-induced [[rad
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• Shoreface
  ...ar definition is: The shoreface is the zone seaward of the shoreline where offshore generated waves interact with the upward sloping seabed. The shoreface can
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• Shoreline management
  ...der:2px solid lightblue;text-align: left"| Influences sediment movement on offshore zones, links nearshore processes with far field effects. ...xt-align: left"| Basic description of coastline; Physical significance (eg offshore banks dissipate wave energy, cliffs can provide a sediment supply etc.); Wi
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• Storm surge
  ...in first approximation inversely proportional with the water depth in the offshore area off the [[shoreline]]. This means that shores out to deep oceans will
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• Foresight project, UK
  ...required to improve understanding of how climate change may influence the offshore wave regime in terms of magnitude, frequency and, importantly, direction. T
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• FUTURECOAST project, UK
  ...bility, emergence of new controls, breakdown of older features, changes in offshore topography). It should be recognised that we are presently at a point in ti ...eased or decreased wave [[diffraction]] processes around headlands or over offshore banks);
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• Groynes as shore protection
  ...Under all circumstances, the jets will cause loss of sand to deeper water. Offshore directed sediment forms lobate deposition zones downdrift of the tips of th ...current running along the lee side of the structure. This eddy adds to the offshore sand loss and local seabed erosion and it is also dangerous for swimmers du
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• Threats to the coastal zone
  ...the redistribution of contaminants through desorption from fine sediments. Offshore sand mining for beach nourishment and land reclamation and aggregate extrac
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• Coastal pollution and impacts
  ...um.</ref>. Pollution accompanies most kinds of human activities, including offshore oil and gas production and marine oil transportation. Besides altering the ===Oil and gas and offshore installations===
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• Tombolo
  ...diffraction and longshore drift to form a 'neck' connecting a coast to an offshore island or breakwater; or (2) A causeway-like [[accretion]] spit that connects an offshore rock or island to the main shore, or to another island.
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• How to apply models
  ...oviding basis for establishment of a baseline description of the following offshore conditions: ...means that only local adjustments will take place dependent of the varying offshore wave conditions.
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• Process-based morphological models
  ...refore been chosen to construct a time series of wave parameters along the offshore boundary of the model area which consists of situations where the significa ...resented in Fig. 6. The upper figure shows a one-month long time series of offshore waves, height and direction. The middle figure shows the morphological evol
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• DeCyDe for Sustainability Policy tool
  ...rotection, land reclamation, tourism and sand/gravel extraction, shipping, offshore activities, fisheries, pollution) has a severe impact on coastal communitie
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