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  • 1Marine Terrace — (Tatsugō,Япония) Категория отеля: 2 звездочный отель Адрес: 894 0411 Кагосима, Tatsug …

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  • 2Marine terrace — A marine terrace, coastal terrace[1], raised beach or perched coastline is a relatively flat, horizontal or gently inclined surface of marine origin[2], mostly an old abrasion platform which has been lifted out of the sphere of wave activity… …

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  • 3marine terrace —    A constructional coastal strip, sloping gently seaward, veneered by marine deposits (typically silt, sand, fine gravel).    Compare: terrace, wave built terrace.    GG …

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  • 4marine terrace — ▪ geology       a rock terrace formed where a sea cliff, with a wave cut platform (q.v.) before it, is raised above sea level. Such terraces are found in California, Oregon, Chile, and Gibraltar and in New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific …

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  • 5marine terrace — noun : a terrace formed along a seashore by the merging of wave cut and wave built terraces …

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  • 6karstic marine terrace —    A relict, wave cut terrace or solution platform formed across soluble bedrock (e.g., limestone), and subsequently subaerially weathered by solution resulting in prominent karst features (e.g., sinkholes, karst valleys, solution pipes, etc.); a …

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  • 7Marine regression — is a geological process occurring when areas of submerged seafloor are exposed above the sea level. The opposite event, marine transgression, occurs when flooding from the sea covers previously exposed land.[1] Evidence of marine regressions and… …

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  • 8Marine architecture — is the design of structures which support ship transport, fishing, coastal management or other marine activities. These structures include harbors, lighthouses, marinas and shipyards …

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  • 9Marine transgression — A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused either by the land sinking or the ocean basins filling… …

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  • 10Marine Parade — Coordinates: 1°18′11″N 103°54′28″E / 1.30306°N 103.90778°E / 1.30306; 103.90778 For the record label, see …

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