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Beach processes and, in a broader sense also coastal and shelf processes, are controlled predominantly by wind waves, tidal waves, and wave-generated currents. In this first chapter on coastal and shelf sediments we shall briefly discuss wind waves and wind-generated currents of the coastal zone (wave-dominated shorelines). Detailed descriptions of these processes have been given in several books, recently for example by Carter (1988). Tidal effects and other oceanic currents will be referred to in Chapters 3.2 and 3.3.
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Einsele, G. (1992). Coastal and Shallow Sea Sediments (Including Carbonates). In: Sedimentary Basins. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77055-5_3
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