APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
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Author: Tarbuck
Publisher: Hayden-McNeil Publishing
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Chapter 12.4, Problem 1A
Summary Introduction
The ways by which longshore currents and beach drift move the sediment along the shore.
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The waves deposit the sediment along the shoreline and also cause erosion. Several processes are responsible for the transportation of sediments along shoreline.
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