Coastal morphology
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Definition of Coastal morphology:
Coastal morphology is the study of the origin and evolution of coastal forms.
This is the common definition for Coastal morphology, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Coastal morphology or coastal geomorphology is the science of natural morphodynamic processes, which are responsible for shaping the coastal zone. The meaning of the Greek word "morphè" is form or shape. These natural processes, which involve wind, tides, currents, waves, biota, soil and sea-level changes, interact with the materials from which the coastal zone is built. Coastal zones around the world are shaped in highly diverse ways. The term coastal morphology is also used for the description of these very diverse coastal forms.
See also
- Characteristics of sedimentary shores
- Classification of sandy coastlines
- Shoreface profile
- Stability models
- Rhythmic shoreline features
- Beach Cusps
- Sand ridges in shelf seas
- Process-based morphological models
- Geomorphological analysis
- Behaviour-based models
- Littoral drift and shoreline modelling
- Stochastic and fractal methods in coastal morphodynamics
