Type

Text

Date

1979

Language

en_US

Subject

Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Ocean waves -- New York Bay. | National Sea Grant Program -- New York Sea Grant Institute.

Source

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.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66074

Contributor

Marine Sciences Research Center

Creator

Kinsman, Blair

Publisher

Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY

Format

application/pdf

Description

39 p. : ill., diagrams; 28 cm. Bibliography,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. . .

Relation

Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);27

Rights

Stony Brook University

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