A suggestion for anticipating alterations in wave action on shores consequent upon changes in water depths in harbors and coastal waters
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Authors
Marine Sciences Research Center
Kinsman, Blair
Schubel, J. R.
Carroll, G. E.
Glackin-Sundell, M.
Issue Date
1979
Type
Language
en_US
Keywords
Marine Sciences. , Atmospheric Sciences. , Ocean waves -- New York Bay. , National Sea Grant Program -- New York Sea Grant Institute.
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Abstract
from the introduction, "The most important fact to keep in mind is that ocean surface waves, like any waves, transmit energy. In the end, that energy, whose original source was the energy of the wind, is expended on the shore where it plays an important role in coastal erosion. The direction in which the wave energy is transmitted and which part of the coastline it will attack depends on the wave length and the depth of the water in which it runs. . ."
Description
39 p. : ill., diagrams; 28 cm. Bibliography
Citation
A suggestion for anticipating alterations in wave action on shores consequent upon changes in water depths in harbors and coastal waters / Blair Kinsman ... [et al.]. Stony Brook : State University of New York, Marine Sciences Research Center, 1979.
Publisher
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University
License
Stony Brook University