FLOODING
SALTATION
CHEMICAL SOLUTION
SEA LEVEL CHANGES
SUBMERGENCE
DEPOSITION
ABRASION
WAVE REFRACTION
SUBSIDENCE
SUSPENSION
WAVE DIFFRACTION
ATTRITION/WEATHERING
WAVE BREAKING
HYDRAULIC ACTION
ACCRETION
WAVE SHOALING
WAVE EROSION
SEDIMENTATION
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
2013-08-20 09:26:13.0 [tbs1979] update Definition (Coastal processes refers to the action of natural forces (e.g., erosion, deposition, tectonic uplift) on the shoreline, and the nearshore seabed. Some examples of landforms resulting from these processes are wave-cut cliffs, beaches, and wave-cut benches.); update Definition (Adapted from the Glossary of Coastal Terminology, NOAA Coastal Services Center and Washington State Department of Ecology, "http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.html#glossary" and from Thurman, Harold V., Essentials of Oceanography, 5th Ed. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996. );
2013-08-05 11:21:48.0 [tbs1979] update PrefLabel (COASTAL PROCESSES);
GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
Coastal processes refers to the action of natural forces (e.g., erosion, deposition, tectonic uplift) on the shoreline, and the nearshore seabed. Some examples of landforms resulting from these processes are wave-cut cliffs, beaches, and wave-cut benches.
COASTAL PROCESSES