Coastal morphology
From Coastal Wiki
Definition of Coastal morphology:
The (study of the) shape and structure of coastal systems or subsystems. For example: the morphology of a delta, the morphology of an estuary, the morphology of a beach, the morphology of a bedform.
This is the common definition for Coastal morphology, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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The meaning of the Greek word "morphè" is form or shape. Coastal Wiki articles dealing with aspects of coastal morphology are listed below.
Morphology of sedimentary open sea coasts
- Characteristics of sedimentary shores
- Classification of sandy coastlines
- Shoreface profile
- Nearshore sandbars
- Stability models
- Rhythmic shoreline features
- Beach Cusps
- Sand ridges in shelf seas
- Active coastal zone
- Closure depth
- Swash zone dynamics
- Gravel Beaches
- Embayed beaches
- Dune development
- Process-based morphological models
- Behaviour-based models
- Littoral drift and shoreline modelling
Morphology of deltas and estuaries
- Morphology of estuaries
- Tidal asymmetry and tidal basin morphodynamics
- Wave-dominated river deltas
- Estuarine morphological modelling
- Physical processes and morphology of synchronous estuaries
- Coastal lagoon
- Salt marshes
- Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes
- Mangroves
- Siltation in harbors and fairways
