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单词 longshore drift
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longshore drift

/lɒŋʃɔːˈdrɪft /
noun [mass noun]
The movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.Linear, prograding coasts are the consequence of a substantial supply of sediment derived by transport along the coast by longshore drift and coastal currents....
  • Rising sea levels and longshore drift since the ice age have created a remarkable, 500 km-long beach.
  • The homogenization is believed to be the result of depositional processes such as longshore drift and storm activity that rework and mix detritus that may have been originally more stratified.
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