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1 online resource (570 pages) |
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Front Cover; Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Coastal Zone Management During Changing Climate and Rising Sea Level: Transcendence of Institutional, Geograph ... ; 1. Introduction; 2. Transcendence of Local Issues to a Global Scale Through Regional Processes; 2.1. Spatial-Temporal Scale of Cause-Effect; 2.2. Transcendence of Causes and Effects; 2.3. Need to Have Unified System of Coastal Environmental Management; 3. Transcendence of Subject, Institutional, and Geographic Areas Are the Key |
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4. ConclusionsAcknowledgments; References; Part 1: Sealevel Cycles and Oceanography; Chapter 2: Development of Ideas and New Trends in Modern Sea Level Research: The Pre-Quaternary, Quaternary, Present, and ... ; 1. Introduction; 2. Development of Ideas; 2.1. Earth's Rotation; 2.2. Discussions in the 18th Century; 2.3. Observations in the 19th Century; 2.3.1. The elevation theory of the 19th century; 2.3.2. Stratigraphy: Multiple marine events; 2.3.3. The concept of Tectono-eustasy; 2.3.4. The concept of ice ages and glacial eustasy; 2.3.5. The concept of geoid changes |
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2.3.6. The concept of glacial isostasy2.3.7. Evolution of ideas; 2.3.8. Late 20th century achievements; 3. Handling Sea Level Research; 4. Quaternary Sea Level Changes; 4.1. The Postglacial Period and Definition of Eustasy; 4.2. The Glacial/Interglacial Cycles; 4.3. The Problem With Global Glacial Isostasy; 4.4. Summary of Quaternary Sea Level Variables; 5. Pre-Quaternary Sea Level Changes-An Alternative View; 5.1. The Paris 1980 Illusory Consensus; 5.2. The New Synthesis; 5.3. Lessons From Field Studies in the 1970s; 5.3.1. The land/sea distribution and geoid relief |
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5.3.2. The sea level changes observed5.4. Deep-Sea Hiatus; 5.5. Rates of Sea Level Changes; 5.6. The ̀̀State of the Art;́́ 5.6.1. The sea level curve; 5.6.2. Geophysical explanations; 5.7. Concluding Comments on Cretaceous Sea Level Changes; 6. Additional Notes on Tertiary Sea Level Changes; 6.1. The Big Drop at Around 30Ma; 6.2. The Messinian ̀̀Salinity Crisis ́́and Sea Level Changes; 6.3. The Pliocene 3Ma Highstand; 7. The Future as Seen From the Past; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Part 2: Shoreline and Coastal Changes |
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Chapter 3: Typology and Mechanisms of Coastal Erosion in Siliciclastic Rocks of the Northwest Borneo Coastline (Sarawak ... 1. Introduction; 2. Study Area; 3. Methodology; 4. Results; 4.1. General; 4.2. Geology; 4.3. Typology of Coastal Erosion; 4.3.1. Macroscale erosion features; Mass wasting erosion features; Rock falls; Caves; Arches; 4.3.2. Mesoscale erosion features; Bedding plane enlargements; Joint enlargements; Pockets; Subaerial gulleys and shallow runnels; Tafoni; Wave cut notches; Near-horizontal platforms; Intertidal runnels; 4.3.3. Microscale erosion features |
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Isopod perforations |
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Print version record |
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Coastal zone management.
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Coastal zone management
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Electronic book
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| Author |
James, Arthur
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Menier, David
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K, Kumaraswamy
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| ISBN |
9780128143513 |
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0128143517 |
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