Beaches and Coasts

Beaches and Coasts

Davis, Richard A., Jr.; Fitzgerald, Duncan M.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

02/2020

544

Dura

Inglês

9781119334484

15 a 20 dias

1294

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1 Coastline Variability and Functions in the Global Environment 1

2 The Earth's Mobile Crust 15

3 Sediments and Rocks: Materials of Coastal Environments 55

4 Sea-Level Change and Coastal Environments 69

5 Weather Systems, Extratropical Storms, and Hurricanes 95

6 Waves and the Coast 133

7 Tides of the Ocean 153

8 River Deltas: The Source of Most of our Coastal Sediments 177

9 Estuaries 203

10 Coastal Lagoons 229

11 Tidal Flats 247

12 Coastal Wetlands 281

13 Beach and Nearshore Environment 307

14 Coastal Dunes 339

15 Barrier Systems 359

16 Tidal Inlets 405

17 Glaciated Coasts 453

18 Rocky Coasts 489

Index 513
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<p>beaches; coasts; coastal regions; coastal environments; coastal systems; endangered coastlines; endangered beaches; guide to coastal ecology; protecting coastal regions; protecting beaches; beach environments; coastal processes; geomorphology; sedimentology; coastlines; world coastal regions; guide to coastal environments; guide to beaches and coasts; climate change affect on coastal environments; erosion of coastal regions; beach erosion; sediments of coastal environments; sea level change on the coast; weather systems and their influence on the coast; waves on the coast; tidal influences on the coast; coastal wetlands; coastal barriers; glaciated coasts; ecology; coastal geology; geology; coastal ecology; beach ecology; Beaches and Coasts</p>