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But the limestone was replaced by pink granite from nearby Granite Shoals after it was discovered that the creamy limestone would eventually streak yellow because of its mineral content . Shoaling : Said of an ocean or lake bottom that becomes progressively shallower as a shoreline is approached . Shoal Bay , on the Atlantic coast , has a wide expanse of powdery sand and many options for activities — snorkeling , glass-boat tours , and enough beach bars to keep a frat boy happy . This shoal had been reported by George Davidson to Superintendent Bache in July 1855 with bearings to the location of the bank . Amiel tried the same trick three turns later with Stone Rain and Magnivore , but this time Max hard-cast the Disrupting Shoal to counter the Magnivore . This admirably lucid and learned book provides a useful chart of the storms and shoals of much of Protestant theology in the twentieth century . The funds will not only serve to eliminate the hazards of shoaling and the lack of regular routine maintenance , but will also leverage an estimated $ 4 million in Federal funds . What the shore was , whether rock or sand , whether steep or shoal , we knew not . The government of the Republic of China lodges its protest against the recent illegal occupation of Investigator Shoal and Erica Reef in the Nansha Islands by the Malaysian government , and the inclusion of the disputed Scarborough Shoal on its territorial map by the Philippine government , and hereby reiterates its sovereignty in the South China Sea . We first of all discuss shoaling of waves for the case of wave propagation parallel to the direction of the depth gradient . Located at the convergence of currents , the area around Cape Hatteras encompasses a variety of physical features - - from sandy shoals to deepwater coral systems . The night world was alight under the white blaze of the moon ; the captain rode into a small harbour at the extreme end of the island and cast anchor , avoiding reefs and shoals as facilely as by midday . Most Troublesome Anchorage - Cabo San Lucas - ignoring the post Ha-Ha horribly crowded aspect of this place , the steep shoaling by the beach means anchoring close-in . The island field station is operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals , six miles by boat from Portsmouth , N.H. " We call this the learning island , and you're never too old - - or too young - - to learn more about the diverse organisms with which we share this intriguing marine ecosystem , " says Shoals Marine Laboratory director James Morin . Thus , shoaling and refraction-by bottom topography and ocean currents-are investigated in the context of a statistical description of gravity waves .