Keywords:
Coasts.
;
Ecology.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Presenting the extreme variety of coastal forms in all dimensions and from all latitudes and climates, this book shows the beauty of our planet. It contains over 170 colour images from Google Earth and terrestrial and oblique aerial photos from the authors.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789400707382
Series Statement:
Coastal Research Library ; v.2
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=971981
DDC:
551.457
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- The Coastlines of the World with Google Earth -- Foreword -- About Google Earth -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Oceans and Coastlines -- References -- 1 The Oceans -- 1.1 Extent, Origin and Topography -- 1.2 Sediments in the Oceans -- 1.3 Physics and Chemistry of Ocean Waters -- 1.4 Life in the Oceans -- 1.5 Movements in the Ocean: Currents, Waves and Tides -- 1.5.1 Ocean Currents -- 1.5.2 Waves -- 1.5.3 Tides -- 1.6.1 Changing Sea Levels -- 1.6.2 Sea level changes during the Ice ages -- References -- 2 Coastal Landforms and Landscapes -- 2.1 Classification of Coastal Landforms -- 2.2 Ice Cliffs, Calving Glaciers and Sea Ice -- 2.3 Structural Dominated Coastlines -- 2.4 Volcanic Coasts -- Santorini eruption (~1628 BC) and the legend of Atlantis -- 3 Coastlines Dominated by Ingression of the Sea into older Terrestrial Landforms -- 3.1 Ingression in Rocky Glacial Landscapes -- 3.2 Ingression in Sedimentary Glacial Landscapes -- 3.3 Ingression into Fluvial Landscapes -- 3.4 Ingression into Karst Landforms -- 3.5 Ingression into Eolian Landforms -- 3.6 Permafrost Coastlines with Ingression -- Reference -- 4 Destructive Coastlines -- 4.1 Bioerosion -- 4.2 Tafoni and Tessellated Pavements -- 4.3 Cliffs and Shore Platforms -- References -- 5 Sedimentary Coasts -- 5.1 Introduction - The beach and its features -- 5.2 Foreshore Features and Tidal Flats -- 5.3 Spits and Tombolos -- 5.4 Barriers, Barrier Islands and Lagoons -- 5.5 Beach Ridge Systems and Cheniers -- 5.6 Coastal Dunes -- 5.7 Marine Deltas -- References -- 6 Coasts Dominated by Organisms -- 6.1 Marine Plants - Algae and Seagrass -- 6.2 Marine Plants - Mangroves -- 6.3 Coral Reefs -- 6.4 Other organic hardgrounds -- References -- 7 Coasts as Archives of the Past -- 7.1 Geologic archives in coastal environments -- 7.2 Coastal Geoarchaeology -- References -- 8 Coasts at Risk.
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8.1 Coastal Natural Hazards - Storms and Tsunamis -- Storms and storm surges -- Tsunamis -- 8.2 Sea Level Rise - The unavoidable and uncertain future of our coasts -- 8.3 Man-made Coastlines -- References -- Epilogue -- Index.
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