Coastal Dynamics and LandformsThis is a comprehensive reference text for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and instructors and working professionals in the coastal field. It provides a thorough survey of a present state of geomorphological knowledge across a very broad spectrum of coastal types, including topics, such as the form and processes operating on cold coasts, deltas, cohesive cold coasts, and coral reefs, that have rarely been included in general coastal texts. There is also a detailed discussion on the nature, origin, and transport of beach sediment, and the possible effects of future sea-level changes on coastal environments. Anthropological influences and managerial implications are discussed in several of the chapters. All the material draws upon up-to-date research and scientific findings. |
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accretion aeolian angle areas barrier islands Barrier Reef bays beach ridges beachface bed load berm blowouts breakers changes channels chenier plain clastic clasts cliffs coarse clastic coast coastal coral crest cuspate cusps deltas deposition develop dominant dunefields dunes edge waves effect environments eroded erosion estuaries flood flow foredune formation frequency gradient grains headlands Holocene increasing infragravity inlets intertidal islands Komar lagoons landwards layer longshore currents longshore transport macrotidal mangrove marsh ment migration morphology nearshore occur offshore onshore periods platforms progradation reefs reflective relative sea level result rip currents ripples rising sea level river rock roughness salt saltation sand sea level seaward sedi sediment supply sediment transport shallow shear stress shore shoreline slope steep surf zone surface swash zone tidal currents tidal range tides tion tombolos transport rate turbulent uprush vegetation velocity vertical washover wave energy wave height wind