| Description |
xi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Coastline variability and functions in the global environment -- 2. The Earth's mobile crust -- 3. Sediments and rocks: materials of coastal environments -- 4. Sea-level change and coastal environments -- 5. Weather systems, extratropical storms, and hurricanes -- 6. Waves and the coast -- 7. Beach and nearshore environment -- 8. Barrier systems -- 9. Coastal dunes -- 10. Coastal lagoons -- 11. Tides of the ocean -- 12. Tidal inlets -- 13. Intertidal flats -- 14. Coastal wetlands -- 15. Estuaries -- 16. River deltas: the source of most of our coastal sediments -- 17. Glaciated coasts -- 18. Rocky coasts -- 19. Reef coasts -- 20. Coastal erosion -- 21. Human interaction with coastal dynamics |
| Summary |
"Beaches and Coasts provides the necessary content for teaching a broad coastal geology course. Though it is designed for introductory students, its comprehensive treatment of coastal topics will make it appropriate for many upper level courses."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Beaches.
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Coasts.
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Coast changes.
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| Author |
FitzGerald, Duncan M.
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| LC no. |
2002151119 |
| ISBN |
0632043083 alkaline paper |
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