Oceans and seas:Breaker zone
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 28, 2011, 4:25 am
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C Michael HoganThe breaker zone is the portion of the nearshore zone of a surface water body where waves arriving from offshore become unstable and break.
Source: University of California San Diego
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Further Reading:
- Physical Oceanography Index
- Paul D. Komar. Beach Processes and Sedimentation. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1976.
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Steve Baum (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Breaker zone". 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 25, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Breaker_zone?topic=49523>
The breaker zone is the portion of the nearshore zone of a surface water body where waves arriving from offshore become unstable and break.
Source: University of California San Diego
| 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. |
Further Reading:
- Physical Oceanography Index
- Paul D. Komar. Beach Processes and Sedimentation. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1976.
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