Which outcome predominantly results along coastlines when longshore transport stalls due to a deepwater harbor's artificial breakwater?

💡 Explanation

Erosion occurs upstream and accretion downstream of a breakwater because sediment becomes trapped; the mechanism is sediment starvation. Therefore, the upstream region loses sediment faster, rather than distributing along shores or forming offshore islands under constant deposition.

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