Encyclopedia of Coastal ScienceM. Schwartz This new Encyclopedia of Coastal Science stands as the latest authoritative source in the field of coastal studies, making it the standard reference work for specialists and the interested lay person. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach. This Encyclopedia features contributions by 245 well-known international specialists in their respective fields and is abundantly illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. Not only does this volume offer an extensive number of entries, it also includes various appendices, an illustrated glossary of coastal morphology and extensive bibliographic listings. |
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Melanie J Stright | 39 |
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Arctic Coastal Ecology | 45 |
Instrumentation see Beach and Nearshore Instrumentation | 565 |
Landslides see Mass Wasting | 588 |
Littoral Drift Gradient | 599 |
LogSpiral Beach see HeadlandBay Beach 600 Longshore Sediment Transport | 600 |
Mangroves Ecology | 606 |
UDECIMAR Facultad de Ciencias 13200 Arles | 624 |
Meteorological Effects on Coasts | 636 |
J Andrew G Cooper Middens see Shell Middens 639 Middle America Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology 639 Alejandro YáñezArancibia Mining o... | 645 |
H Jesse Walker | 54 |
Donald Macintosh | 66 |
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Marie Aizpuru Utrecht 3508 | 83 |
Atolls | 95 |
Databases 1145 Pravin D Kunte Appendix 5 Glossary of Coastal Geomorphology 1155 Appendix 6 Topic Categories 1193 Maurice Schwartz Index ... | 116 |
Miles O Hayes | 117 |
Beach Drain | 138 |
MarieClaire P Chaineaur | 140 |
Beach Nourishment | 147 |
Lindino A Benedet Sydney NSW 2052 Australia | 150 |
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Beach Profile 169 Nicholas C Kraus | 186 |
USA Black and Caspian Seas Coastal | 194 |
Bioherms and Biostromes 194 Jacques Laborel Black and Caspian Seas Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology 194 Yuri Dolotov and Pavel Kaplin Bl... | 203 |
Martyn Waller Boulder Barricades 204 Peter S Rosen Boulder Beaches 206 John McKenna | 227 |
wrgehrelsplymouth ac uk Phone 1978 264 9682 Fax 1978 264 1926 | 232 |
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Cliffed Coasts | 237 |
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Climate Patterns in the Coastal Zone | 243 |
Peter H F Graber | 250 |
David Greenland | 258 |
Department of Geography | 262 |
George F Oertel | 265 |
H Edward Clifton | 278 |
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Charles W Finkl | 298 |
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Zhongyuan Chen and John Rybczyk | 304 |
Guth | 311 |
Environmental Studies Program Bioerosion | 319 |
Coastal Wind Effects 312 Terry R Healy Coastal Zone Management 313 Peter W French Coastline Changes 319 Eric Bird | 330 |
Vincent May Continental Shelves | 337 |
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Beach Road Helmut Brückner | 343 |
Gisèle MullerParker Coral Reefs 343 David Hopley Coral Reefs Emerged 349 David Hopley CrossShore Sediment Transport 352 Richard J Seymour ... | 359 |
Alastair Dawson | 374 |
Shea Penland and Mark A Kulp Demography of Coastal Populations 368 Iver W Duedall and George A Maul Depth of Closure on Sandy Coasts 374... | 378 |
Brussels Belgium | 379 |
Dewatering see Beach Drain | 387 |
Per Bruun | 395 |
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Economic Value of Beaches | 401 |
Endogenic and Exogenic Factors | 407 |
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Michael J Kennish | 425 |
120 | 429 |
Mark Crowell Stephen P Leatherman and Bruce Douglas | 431 |
Terry R Healy | 439 |
Europe Coastal Ecology | 442 |
J Pat Doody | 451 |
Dieter Kelletat and Anja Scheffers | 461 |
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Geochronology | 467 |
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Boeser | 474 |
Omar Defeo 12310 Pinecrest | 476 |
Ram K Mohan and C G R Nair | 480 |
Global Vulnerability Analysis | 486 |
Glossary of Coastal Geomorphology | 491 |
Orford | 492 |
James G Titus | 502 |
Hazards see Natural Hazards | 508 |
Roger H Charlier and MarieClaire P Chaineux | 514 |
H Jesse Walker and Molly McGraw | 524 |
Henry F Diaz Billy L Edge | 655 |
William A Birkemeier Hoboken NJ 07030 | 674 |
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W R Osterkamp and R A Morton Modeling Platforms Terraces and Coastal Evolution 647 Douglas L Inman Scott A Jenkins and Patricia M Masters ... | 702 |
Numerical Modeling | 730 |
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Oil Spills | 734 |
Erich R Gundlach | 736 |
752 3745 Department of Geography | 739 |
Michael S Fenster | 744 |
Merlin | 753 |
Belgium B1050 | 755 |
Kraft | 760 |
Physical Models | 769 |
Detlef A Warnke and Hillert Ibbeken | 775 |
George A Maul | 781 |
Gordon C Staples Rating Beaches 785 Stephen P Leatherman Reclamation 791 P P Wong Reefs NonCoral | 795 |
Wetlands Classification | 804 |
Eric Bird | 811 |
John R Dingler | 820 |
SeaLevel Change see Changing Sea Levels 830 SeaLevel Changes During the Last Millennium 830 Roland Gehrels SeaLevel Datums see Tidal Datu... | 833 |
David B Scott and Franco S Medioli SeaLevelIndicators Geomorphic 836 PaoloA Pirazzoli SeaLevel Rise Effect 838 James G Titus Sediment Analysi... | 850 |
Sequence Stratigraphy | 860 |
Shore Protection Structures | 875 |
H Edward Clifton | 881 |
John P Ahrens | 883 |
George Maul | 887 |
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Simone Rabelo da Cunha Omar Defeo Anita de Alava Rosana | 905 |
Takaaki | 912 |
Jeffrey H List | 920 |
Submerged Coasts 922 Wyss W S Yim Submerging Coasts 924 Paolo A Pirazzoli Surf Modeling 925 Marshall D Earle Surf Zone Processes 929 Will... | 937 |
R Keith Raney Tafone 940 George Mustoe Tectonics and Neotectonics 941 Paolo A Pirazzoli ThalassostaticTerraces 948 RhodesW Fairbridge Thalas... | 949 |
Edward B Hands Tidal Environments 954 B W Flemming Tidal Inlets 958 Duncan M FitzGerald Tidal Flats 965 V Semeniuk | 986 |
Bruce Parker Time Series Modeling 996 V Chris Lakhan Topic Categories see Appendix 6 1001 Tors 1001 Maurice Schwartz Tourism and Coastal D... | 1017 |
Terry R Healy | 1023 |
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Charles W Finkl and Syed Khalil | 1035 |
Washover Effects | 1041 |
Amos Martin J Baptist | 1046 |
Edward J Anthony | 1048 |
Miles O Hayes | 1054 |
Terry R Healy | 1060 |
Zhongyuan Chen | 1063 |
Gerhard Masselink | 1068 |
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Denise J Reed | 1080 |
Conversion Tables | 1087 |
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Charles W Finkl | 1099 |
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Paolo Ciavola | 1114 |
Charles W Finkl UK Ripple Marks | 1117 |
Alan F Blumberg David M Bush Department of Geology | 1124 |
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USA Guoqi | 1134 |
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Paolo Ciavola | 1144 |
Boeser Boston University | 1152 |
edward anthonyunivlittoral fr Beach Erosion Dilip K Barua 3370 East 45th Avenue | 1193 |
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