Sentences with phrase «just seaward»
Simply by depositing navigation channel dredge spoils on a long intertidal slope just seaward of certain bulkheads and eroded shorelines nearby, beautiful, vibrant fringe marshes could be reestablished in one short year.
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Witness: the pipeline dredging of shipping channels in the Mississippi River and placement of the associated dredge spoils, on long 1:6 intertidal slopes just seaward of eroded shorelines.
The sampling locations ranged from the innermost area of the fjord just seaward from the modern ice shelf to locations farther out to sea that the shelf would have covered 2 millennia ago.
Altogether, researchers analysed data covering a 94,000 - square - kilometre arc (an area about the size of Indiana or Hungary) that includes the edge of the continental shelf and the steep slope just seaward of it, says co-author Adam Skarke, a geologist at Mississippi State University in Starkville.
Not exact matches
Professor Stewart added: «The latest measurements of Etna's seaward slide give us a much better understanding of just how unstable Europe's biggest volcano is.
It would be interesting to drill holes in the floating ice shelf and put current meters just below the ice to see what is the magnitude, if any, of a seaward current.
Just a little bit farther seaward, the pronounced lateral coral accretion of two ridges has created a low swim - through, which is straight and floored by coarse rippled sand.
Just a short distance seaward from the elkhorn stand is an absolutely luxurious coral garden every photographer will want to visit.
Woody Head Camping Area is a delightful sheltered swimming and fishing haven just out of the Iluka township, on the seaward side of the Iluka peninsula.