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Shore processes and their palaeoenvironmental applications
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The last five years have been marked by rapid technological and analytical developments in the study of shore processes and in the comprehension of shore deposits and forms, and shoreline change ov...
The last five years have been marked by rapid technological and analytical developments in the study of shore processes and in the comprehension of shore deposits and forms, and shoreline change over time. These developments have generated a considerable body of literature in a wide range of professional journals, thus illustrating the cross-disciplinary nature of shore processes and the palaeo-environmental dimension of shore change. The justification of the book lies in bringing together these developments using an objective approach that synthesises current advances, technical progress in t
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- Creator
- by Edward J. Anthony
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009
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- 1 online resource (540 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0080558860, 0444527338, 9786611964832, 9780444527332, 1281964832, 9780080558868
- OCLC
- ocn476224523, ocn370435329
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Front Cover; Shore Processes and Their Palaeoenvironmental Applications; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Definition and Overview of the Shore and of Shore Processes; The Palaeoenvironmental Context of Shores; The Choice of a Paradigm; Chapter 1. Progress in Research Techniques on Shore Processes and on Process Applications to Palaeoenvironments; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Developments in Instrumentation on Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport; 1.3. Technical Progress in Research on Aeolian Processes
- 1.4. Measurement of Erosion, Sedimentation Rates and Sediment Budgets in Tidal Environments1.5. Extracting Process-Related Information from Particle Characteristics; 1.6. Progress in Data Acquisition from Terrestrial and Airborne Surveying and Remote Sensing; 1.7. Extracting Process-Related Information from Internal Structures and Stratigraphy; 1.8. Extracting Process-Related Information from Short- to Medium-Term Dating and from Radionuclide Signatures; 1.9. Extracting Process-Related Information from Biological Indicators; 1.10. Technical Progress in the Monitoring of Rocky Shores
- Further WorkChapter 2. Clastic Sediment Supply to the Shore: Processes and Palaeoenvironmental Considerations; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Water Mixing and Fluvial Sediment Trapping and Concentration on the Shore; 2.3. Sediment Supply from the Shoreface; 2.4. Longshore Sand Redistribution on the Inner Shoreface; Further Work; Chapter 3. Tidal Flats; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Non-Vegetated Tidal Flats: Sand Flats and Mudflats; 3.3. Mangroves and Salt Marshes; 3.4. Palaeoenvironmental Considerations; Further Work; Chapter 4. High Mud-Supply Shores; 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Coastal 'Mud Streams' and Processes of Mud Bank Formation4.3. Mud Bank-Shore Interaction Processes; 4.4. Meso-Scale Mud Bank and Shoreline Dynamics: 'Bank' and 'Inter-Bank' Phases; 4.5. Large-Scale Muddy Sedimentation and Clinoform Development: The Primacy of High Sediment Supply; Further Work; Chapter 5. Sandy Beaches and Barriers; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. From the Surf Zone to the Beachface; 5.3. From the Beachface to the Backshore; 5.4. A Medium-Term (Meso-scale) Approach to Beach and Barrier Processes; 5.5. Shore Processes and Long-Term (Large-Scale) Barrier Development; Further Work
- Chapter 6. Gravel Beaches and Barriers6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Research Approaches and Data Acquisition on Gravel Beaches; 6.3. Hydrodynamics; 6.4. Beachface Processes; 6.5. Significant Morphological Features of Gravel Beaches; 6.6. Short-Term Gravel Beach Response to Storms; 6.7. Tidal Modulation of Processes on Gravel Beaches; 6.8. Sediment Transport; 6.9. Sediment Sorting, Grading and Bedform Development; 6.10. Long-Term Gravel Beach and Barrier Development; 6.11. Modelling of Gravel Barrier Development; Further Work; Chapter 7. Coral Reef and Carbonate Shores; 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Reef Types