Coastal evolution -- Late Quaternary shoreline morphodynamics
- eds.
This book is a product of International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 274. It contains a collection of summary papers representing the latest concepts and knowledge of how coasts respond to changing climate and sea level. The chapters are organized by general topic (introduction, morphodynamics), coastal types (deltas, wave-dominated coasts, macrotidal estuaries, lagoons and microtidal coasts, coral atolls, shelf reef systems, and paraglacial coasts), or coastal setting (Arctic shores, tectonic shores, developed coasts). As indicated by this list, most but not all types of coasts are covered in the book. Some obvious omissions are mangrove swamps and other wetland coasts, sabkahs, and coastal deserts (aeolian dominated). Despite the international reputation of the authors, several chapters are limited in geographic scope and numerous case studies presented are from Australia and Canada. Coastal evolution encompasses a broad range of temporal and spatial scales and in this regard the subject receives some uneven treatment. A few chapters focus on short-term coastal changes driven by oceanographic conditions, whereas others attempt to address much longer periods of eustatic fluctuation and the resultant changes in coastal morphology.
- OSTI ID:
- 175945
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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