Introduction to coastal processes and geomorphology/

Main Author: Masselink, Gerhard
Other Authors: Hughes, Michael G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: New York: Arnold Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Symbols
  • Chapter 1: Coastal systems
  • Chapter 2: Sea level
  • Chapter 3: Tides
  • Chapter 4: Waves
  • Chapter 5: Sediments, boundary layers and transport
  • Chapter 6: Fluvial-dominated coastal environments - Deltas
  • Chapter 7: Tide-dominated coastal environments - Estuaries
  • Chapter 8: Wave-dominated coastal environments - Barriers
  • Chapter 9: Rocky coasts
  • Chapter 10: Coral reefs and islands
  • Chapter 11: Management of coastal erosion
  • References
  • Location index
  • Subject index