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COLLAPSING BREAKER [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

[A breaker] associated with beaches with steeper gradients, where wave energy is released suddenly as the crest curls and then descends violently.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

La vague commence à prendre la forme d'un rouleau lorsque la vitesse du mouvement orbital des particules propulse celles-ci en hauteur. Lorsqu'il n'y a pas suffisamment d'eau à l'avant de la vague pour compléter cette dernière de façon symétrique, la crête n'est plus supportée et elle finit par plonger. Ce type de brisant est appelé vague plongeante.

Spanish

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