Coastal evolution : Late Quaternary shoreline morphodynamics /

The shoreline is a rapidly changing interface between the land and the sea. Much of the world's population lives in the coastal zone, and coasts are under threat from a variety of natural and anthropogenic impacts, such as climate or sea-level change. Understanding the natural dynamics of a sho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: IGCP Project 274
Other Authors: Carter, Bill (R. W. G.), Woodroffe, C. D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
From 2 million years ago
Paleogeography > Quaternary.
Coast changes.
Paléogéographie > Quaternaire.
Littoral > Modifications.
Coast changes
Paleogeography
Quaternary Geologic Period
Geologia historica.
COASTS.
COASTAL ECOLOGY.
MORPHOLOGY.
GEOGRAPHY.
SHORELINES.
Paléogéographie.
Quaternaire (ère géologique)
Littoraux > Modifications.
Coasts > Geomorphology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Coastal evolution : an introduction / R.W.G. Carter and C.D. Woodroffe
  • Morphodynamics of coastal evolution / P.J. Cowell and B.G. Thom
  • Deltaic coasts / J.R. Suter
  • Wave-dominated coasts / P.S. Roy [and others]
  • Macrotidal estuaries / J. Chappell and C.D. Woodroffe
  • Lagoons and microtidal coasts / J.A.G. Cooper
  • Coral atolls / R.F. McLean and C.D. Woodroffe
  • Continental shelf reef systems / D. Hopley
  • Arctic coastal plain shorelines / P.R. Hill [and others].
  • Paraglacial coasts / D.L. Forbes and J.P.M. Syvitski
  • Coastal cliffs and platforms / G.B. Griggs and A.S. Trenhaile
  • Tectonic shorelines / P.A. Pirazzoli
  • Developed coasts / K.F. Nordstrom.

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