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Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells)...

presence of longshore currents caused by waves approaching the island at an angle will carry sediment long, extending the island. Longshore currents, and the...

carried along the beach by longshore currents, or carried out to sea to form longshore bars, especially if the longshore current meets an outflow from a...

occurs, such as at a cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift by longshore currents. The drift occurs due to waves meeting the beach at an oblique...

carried by the offshore moving bottom current is deposited where the current reaches the wave break. Other longshore bars may lie further offshore, representing...

include: Air current Water current Current (hydrology), a current in a river or stream Ocean current Longshore current Boundary current Rip current Rip tide...

processes, while the continental shelf is dominated by deltaic and longshore current processes. The great rivers (Amazon, Orinoco, Congo, Nile, Ganges...

platform – Narrow flat area created by erosion Longshore drift – Sediment moved by the longshore current Deposition (sediment) – Geological process in...

tidal currents Seabed gouging by ice – Outcome of the interaction between drifting ice and the seabed Longshore drift – Sediment moved by the longshore current...

of suspension to precipitate as floc or flake Longshore drift – Sediment moved by the longshore current Overbank – Alluvial geological deposit Sedimentary...

warfare – Military operations in coastal waters Longshore drift – Sediment moved by the longshore current Marine debris – Human-created solid waste in the...

of two sweeping arcs of shifting, low-lying beach, the result of longshore currents which also form the treacherous, shifting Frying Pan Shoals, part...

sometimes use a rip current as a rapid and effortless means of transportation. Oceans portal Cross sea Longshore drift Rip current statement – warnings...

drifting westward, in the direction of the predominant longshore current.: 1  This littoral current brings sand to the islands from sources to the east,...

Attucks – American patriot Harry Bridges – founder of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Joey Coyle – basis for the movie Money for...

(2022). The Unvegetated Tidal Flats in Catanduanes Island, Philippines: Current and Future Trends. In T. Shinbo, S. Akama & S. Kubota (Eds.), " Interdisciplinary...

are temporary surface currents that occur under specific conditions. When waves meet a shore at an angle, a longshore current is created as water is...

island, Perdidio Key is subject to changes due to wave action and longshore currents, particularly from hurricanes. The endangered Perdido Key beach mouse...

narrow spaces where the divers must pass through in single file. longshore current Mass transport of water along a shoreline, often due to wave action...

negatively impact public education efforts. Oceans portal Longshore current – Inshore current running parallel to the shoreline Svendsen, I. A. (1984)...