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Wave-dissipating concrete block

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Large interlocked Xblocs (8.0 m or 280 cu ft) in a trial placement
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Spătaru, A (1990). "Breakwaters for the Protection of Romanian Beaches".
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structure designed and employed to minimize the effects of
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Tetrapods
seawall

concrete
wave action
quays
jetties
Tetrapod
Stabit
United Kingdom
Akmon
The Netherlands
Dolos
South Africa
Stabilopod
ro
Romania
Australia
Accropode
Germany
A-jack
Xbloc
KOLOS
India
Artificial reef
Breakwater (structure)
Breakwater (structure)#Breakwater armour units
Coastal management
Coastal erosion

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