Oceans and Coasts

4/9/01


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Table of Contents

Oceans and Coasts

Shorelines

Plate Margins

Significance of Shorelines

Shorelines

Beaches

A Coastal Zone

Waves (I)

Waves (II)

Movement of Water Molecules

Wave Base

Wave Refraction (I)

Wave Refraction (II)

Wave Refraction (III)

Wave Refraction (IV)

Long Shore Drift

Long Shore Current (I)

Long Shore Current (II)

Tides (I)

Tides (II)

Environments of Accumulation

Typical Beach House

Sand Bar

Sand Spits

Texas Gulf Coast

The Beach Environment

Tidal Channels

Off Shore

Shelf, Slope and Rise

Topographic Profile

Spreading Center

Black Smokers

Seamounts

Turbidity Currents (I)

Turbidity Currents (II)

Submarine Fans

Submarine Canyons

CCCD - Calcium Carbonate Compensation Depth

Plate Margins

Author: John C Butler

Email: jbutler@uh.edu