PIANC Open Teaching Material

clm010722.jpg Terminology of a rocky coast with shingle beach (fig 11 from "European Coasts")	clm010723.jpg Terminology of a mud coast (fig 14 from "European Coasts")	clm010724.jpg The island of Skye, Scotland, is separated from the mainland by the sound of Sleat formed by glaciers during the Ice Age, UK, fig 18 from "European Coasts"	clm010725.jpg Sandy pocket beach at Santa Teresa, Gallura, Sardinia, Italy (fig. 25 from "European Coasts")	clm010726.jpg Tidal forces and the equilibrium tide (fig. 32 of European Coasts)	clm010727.jpg Definition of a sinusoidal wave (fig. 38 from European Coasts)
clm010728.jpg The distribution of a measured irregular wave field (fig 39 of European Coasts)	clm010729.jpg Typoes of breaking waves (fig. 42 from European Coasts)	clm010730.jpg Wave refraction pattern. The wave crests start by approaching the coast obliquely but end up essentially parallel to the coast (fig. 45 from European Coasts)	clm010731.jpg Record of the waterlevel at Vlissingen (Flushing, the Netherlands) during the 1953 storm surge (fig. 48 from European Coasts)	clm010732.jpg Erosion of a beach profile during a storm surge (fig. 49 from European Coasts)	clm010733.jpg Position of the coastline due to storm surges. Study of the position of the coastline can help to estimate the preservation distance (=R) which will be exceeded only with a chosen frequency (fig. 50 from European Coasts)
clm010734.jpg The undertow which plays a role in cross-shore transport (fig. 51 from European Coasts)	clm010735.jpg The veloctity profile of the wave driven longshore current (fig. 53 from European Coasts)	clm010736.jpg Raising operation around one of the Ekofisk platform legs (fig 66 from European Coasts, Hydraudyne, Boxtel)	clm010737.jpg Shoreline rates of change along the Ebro delta (fig. 132 from European Coasts)	clm010741.jpg Spilling breakers at the beach of Zanvoort, the Netherlands (fig. 43 from "European Coasts"

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