Sentence examples for dune facing from inspiring English sources

For testing, the Army Corps is planning to build a three-section, 1,500-foot 1,500-footg the ocean at Gilgo Beach State Park.

Mali is a vast expanse of dunes facing endemic drought and spreading desert.

The dunes facing the Atlantic were long ago dotted with wooden summer homes that feature cedar-shake roofs and long porches echoing the accents of the whaling island far, far to the north.

The other, Francisco Vazquez, left the group early on and went back to the dunes facing the wrecks.

Erosion of the dune face was reduced by vegetation, particularly with a strong storm, when Iribarren numbers were greater.

The corresponding mean sediment concentrations rise sharply towards the dune face (up to 50 g/l near the bed).

It was concluded that a longer wave period leads to a larger dune erosion volume and to a larger landward retreat of the dune face.

In summary, vegetation reduced net erosion on the dune face, regardless of the wave conditions, the morphology of the beach dune profile, or the mode of erosion.

The base of the sand dune acts as a mask of energy that could adversely affect the conventional acquisition of seismic data, scattering of energy from the dune faces and changing velocities within the dunes.

The strong increase in the mean sediment concentration towards the dune face correlates well with the maximum wave surface slope which in turn is coupled to both the pressure gradient and the near-bed wave-breaking induced turbulence.

During these tests more wave energy (combined incident and infragravity waves) reached the dune face, but more importantly, this wave energy is dissipated by fewer waves resulting in more intense wave breakers and steeper wave fronts.