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near-shore current system

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

near-shore current system A system of currents that is caused by wave activity within and adjacent to the breaker zone. The current system includes: the shoreward mass transport of water; longshore currents; and seaward-moving rip currents. This wave-induced current system often has a reversing tidal-current system superimposed on it.

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near-shore current system

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

near-shore current system System of currents caused by wave activity within and adjacent to the breaker zone. The current system includes: the shoreward mass transport of water; longshore currents; and seaward-moving rip currents. This wave-induced current system often has a reversing tidal-current system superimposed on it.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "near-shore current system." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-nearshorecurrentsystem.html

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "near-shore current system." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-nearshorecurrentsystem.html

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