CONTENTS 



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PREFACE 1 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 3 



PART II; INFRAGRAVITY WAVE DYNAMICS 6 



Long Wave Categories 6 



Free Surface Gravity Waves 6 



PART III: GENERATION MECHANISMS 11 



Field Evidence 12 



Longshore Array Data 12 



Infragravity Energy and Sediment Transport 15 



PART IV: FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS 18 



PART V : SUMMARY 20 



REFERENCES 21 



APPENDIX A: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A1 



APPENDIX B : NOTATION B 1 



