Coastal development hazardsA coastal development hazard is something that affects the natural environment by human activities and products. As coasts become more developed, the vulnerability component of the equation increases as there is more value at risk to the hazard. The likelihood component of the equation also increases in terms of there being more value on the coast so a higher chance of hazardous situation occurring. Fundamentally humans create hazards with their presence.
Énergie des vaguesL'énergie des vagues, ou énergie houlomotrice, est une énergie marine utilisant l'énergie contenue dans le mouvement de la houle, soit les oscillations de la surface de l'eau. Cette énergie ne doit pas être confondue avec l'énergie marémotrice, laquelle utilise l'énergie des marées. La faisabilité de son exploitation a été étudiée, en particulier au Portugal, au Royaume-Uni et en Australie.
Groundwater modelGroundwater models are computer models of groundwater flow systems, and are used by hydrologists and hydrogeologists. Groundwater models are used to simulate and predict aquifer conditions. An unambiguous definition of "groundwater model" is difficult to give, but there are many common characteristics. A groundwater model may be a scale model or an electric model of a groundwater situation or aquifer. Groundwater models are used to represent the natural groundwater flow in the environment.
Watertable controlIn geotechnical engineering, watertable control is the practice of controlling the height of the water table by drainage. Its main applications are in agricultural land (to improve the crop yield using agricultural drainage systems) and in cities to manage the extensive underground infrastructure that includes the foundations of large buildings, underground transit systems, and extensive utilities (water supply networks, sewerage, storm drains, and underground electrical grids).
Force de maréeLa force de marée est une force qui s'exerce cycliquement sur les couches superficielles de deux corps célestes qui tournent autour du centre d'inertie du système, et qui est à l'origine des marées (sur Terre, les marées océaniques, atmosphériques et terrestres). Elle résulte du déséquilibre entre la force d'attraction gravitationnelle des deux corps et la force d'inertie d'entraînement due au mouvement de révolution.
SédimentationLa sédimentation est un processus dans lequel des particules de matière quelconque cessent progressivement de se déplacer et se réunissent en couches. Les facteurs induisant la sédimentation peuvent être variés en nombre et en proportion. Ordinairement la mécanique des fluides joue un rôle prépondérant, ainsi la sédimentation est-elle accrue dans les zones d'hydrodynamisme atténué, de même que les paramètres de viscosité interfèrent avec celles d'agglomération mécanique des particules.
Aquifère de FlorideThe Floridan aquifer system, composed of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers, is a sequence of Paleogene carbonate rock which spans an area of about in the southeastern United States. It underlies the entire state of Florida and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The Floridan aquifer system is one of the world's most productive aquifers and supplies drinking water for nearly 10 million people.
Groundwater flowIn hydrogeology, groundwater flow is defined as the "part of streamflow that has infiltrated the ground, entered the phreatic zone, and has been (or is at a particular time) discharged into a stream channel or springs; and seepage water." It is governed by the groundwater flow equation. Groundwater is water that is found underground in cracks and spaces in the soil, sand and rocks. Where water has filled these spaces is the phreatic (also called) saturated zone.
Internal waveInternal waves are gravity waves that oscillate within a fluid medium, rather than on its surface. To exist, the fluid must be stratified: the density must change (continuously or discontinuously) with depth/height due to changes, for example, in temperature and/or salinity. If the density changes over a small vertical distance (as in the case of the thermocline in lakes and oceans or an atmospheric inversion), the waves propagate horizontally like surface waves, but do so at slower speeds as determined by the density difference of the fluid below and above the interface.
Groundwater flow equationUsed in hydrogeology, the groundwater flow equation is the mathematical relationship which is used to describe the flow of groundwater through an aquifer. The transient flow of groundwater is described by a form of the diffusion equation, similar to that used in heat transfer to describe the flow of heat in a solid (heat conduction). The steady-state flow of groundwater is described by a form of the Laplace equation, which is a form of potential flow and has analogs in numerous fields.
