Talk:Riprap

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Coast Management article merge tag
I disagree with merging this article into Coast Management. Riprap has many other uses besides Coast Mangement (sp?), such as biofilters, bioswales, dam spillways, drainage fields and drywells. --Duk 18:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Merging this into Coast Management is a good idea, because it plays a vital role in Coast Line Management, but then it should be merged into all areas for which it fits. (Civil Engineering)- LSD

Per the Arbor Day Foundation, but I don't have a formal citation for this, it's just from a phone conversation with them, a while ago, but they prefer to use tree plantings to stabilize shorelines. When I can, I'll get a formal citation, and more information on it. Trees look lots better, and they're better for the environment. So I would keep this article separate from the coast management article, which I haven't looked at. I was only here to be sure I understood what rip rap is. Entwhiz (talk) 04:02, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Revetment merge
These seem to be the same thing ...? Saint|swithin 18:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

they definently are not the same thing, because they just are ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.131.230.95 (talk) 14:43, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Riprap
This is the preferred page for civil engineers. The items concerning bank defence works on rivers, lakes and beaches should be taken from the "revetment" page to the "riprap" page. Only the items concerning fortification should perhaps be left in the "revetment" page but this is not my field of knowledge. See also the well written Coastal management page.Artreve 19:15, 18 October 2007 (UTC) rip-rap are just rocks. reventments can be wood aswell. they also affect waves differently and revenments can have an affect on longshore drfit whereas rip-rap generally dont. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.189.175.60 (talk) 14:37, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

The Riprap article states that riprap is also known as revetment. If the terms are in fact equivalent, they should be merged. If there exists a distinction only insofar as one group of professionals prefer one term over another, they should be merged with a comment as to the differing terminology. However, if there is some real distinction between "riprap" and "revetment" then they should NOT be merged, however that call requires expert judgement. --Navaburo (talk) 23:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Revetments are a wide category of sloping coastal defences, which includes riprap. Revetments could also be wooden, concrete, or walls for example. howeer, revetments can also mean a form of military fortification, as shown by its own page. However, if nothing has been done about this since 2007, perhaps something is wrong? --BobSagetOoosh (talk) 20:10, 06 April 2016 (UTC)

Do not merge with revetment
Do not merge with revetment. Riprap is a material used in many erosion protection structures including but not limited to revetments. A revetment is one type of structure that may or may not contain riprap. /s/ Professional Engineer
 * I've removed the merge tag --Duk 20:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Gary Snyder, a major American poet, has a poem called, "Riprap," and he claims that riprap is also the stone trail made for horses on steep slick rock in the mountains. He worked in parks for many years, so even if that definition isn't exactly correct, the word was obviously in use for that meaning also. Readers of Snyder's poem will be searching for this page too, so thanks for deciding not to merge. Deanya Lattimore (talk) 02:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Curling anyone?
In light of the cyclical interest in curling, should a refrence or link be made to the term 'shot rock' which is used in curiling? rem486 Yea, I know i didn't sign in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.255.86.240 (talk) 15:06, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

No it should not —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.225.135.154 (talk) 19:06, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Environmental consequences
I am planning on adding a brief section that details some of the environmental consequences of the implementation of rip-rapsBiostudent2 (talk) 19:07, 24 November 2020 (UTC)