USGS: Science Topics: piers

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Piers

Structures used to protect a harbor or shore, and serving also as a promenade or as landing places for vessels. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]

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National bridge scour database [New Window]: Database with detailed data on sites and data collected on scour (downward erosion by streamflow) at bridges, piers, and abutments in the United States.

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