| Description |
xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Wave conditions in coastal areas -- 2. Nearshore currents: generation by obliquely incident waves and longshore variations in breaker height -- 3. Wave asymmetry in the nearshore zone and breaker area -- 4. Comparison of the hydrodynamics of steep and shallow beaches -- 5. Trends in the application of research to solve coastal engineering problems -- 6. Marine bars and nearshore sedimentary processes, Kouchibouguac Bay, New Brunswick -- 7. Sediment mobility and erosion on a multibarred foreshore (Southwest Lancashire, UK) -- 8. Cyclical changes in shoreline development at the entrance to Teignmouth Harbour, Devon, England -- 9. Dynamics and sedimentation: the Tay in comparison with other estuaries -- 10. Dynamic structures in the Holocene Chenier Plain setting of Essex, England -- 11. The transportation and deposition of suspended sediment over the intertidal flats of the wash |
| Analysis |
Coastal waters Dynamics |
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Coastal waters Sedimentation |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
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Chiefly papers read at a symposium organized by the editors on behalf of the British Geomorphological Research Group, held in the Dept. of Geography, University of Southampton, 27 October 1973 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Coast changes -- Congresses.
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Coast changes.
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Marine sediments -- Congresses.
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Marine sediments.
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Oceanography -- Congresses.
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Oceanography.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Carr, Alan, 1930-
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Hails, John R.
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British Geomorphological Research Group.
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| LC no. |
75006950 |
| ISBN |
0471339466 |
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