Oceans and seas:Beach berm
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 28, 2011, 9:06 am
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C Michael HoganThe beach berm is the nearly horizontal portion of a beach on the backshore formed by the deposition of sediment by receding waves; the long linear axis of the beach berm is roughly parallel to the shoreline.
Source: University of California San Diego
A beach may have more than one berm.
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Steve Baum (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Beach berm". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date October 28, 2011; Retrieved May 23, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Beach_berm?topic=49523>
The beach berm is the nearly horizontal portion of a beach on the backshore formed by the deposition of sediment by receding waves; the long linear axis of the beach berm is roughly parallel to the shoreline.
Source: University of California San Diego
A beach may have more than one berm.
| This article is written at a definitional level only. Authors wishing to expand this entry are inivited to expand the present treatment, which additions will be peer reviewed prior to publication of any expansion. |
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