Coastal Geology
Gebonden Engels 2022 9783030961206Samenvatting
This textbook shows all the existing knowledge about coastal geology and its implications for coastal management. In the last decades, the geological sciences have been supplying exciting information about the coastal systems, not only from its dynamics but also providing a sedimentary concept to understand and interpret the preserved coastal stratigraphical record. Furthermore, recent investigations have been focused on the prevention of coastal hazards like storms, tsunamis, or sea-level fluctuation. This discipline has an increasing interest after the expanding human activities around the coasts worldwide. The present trend is that many of the problems raised by the coast–human interaction must be resolved by using the Integrated Coastal Zone Management.
The chapters of this book have a double-level structure. The first part of each chapter contains the necessary information for undergraduate courses studying coastal geology. The second part includes advanced information and examples to be used by graduate students and novel professionals.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
<p>1. The Coastal Geology through time.</p>
<p>2. Time-Space scales.</p>
<p>3. Oceanographical approach.</p>
<p>4. Geomorphological approach.</p>
<p>5. Sedimentological approach.</p>
<p>6. Stratigraphical approach.</p>
<p>7. Study methods and techniques.</p>
<p>8. Types of coasts. Criteria in coastal classification.</p>
<p>PART II. COASTAL PROCESSES</p>
<p>9. Wave processes.</p>
<p>10. Tidal processes.</p>
<p>11. Continental processes affecting the coast.</p>
<p>12. Marine processes affecting the coast.</p>
<p>13. Chemical processes.</p>
<p>14. Biological processes.</p>
<p>15. Extreme events</p>
<p>16. The moving particles. </p>
<p>PART III. COASTAL SYSTEMS: DYNAMICS AND SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES </p>
<p>17. Wind- dominated systems. Coastal dunes.</p>
<p>18. Wave-dominated systems. Barrier islands and beaches.</p>
<p>19. Tide-dominated systems. Lagoons, estuaries, tidal flats and salt marshes.</p>
<p>20. Fluvial-dominated systems. Deltas.</p>
<p>21. Geologically-controlled systems. Rocky coasts and cliffs.</p>
<p>22. Biologically-controlled systems. Reef coasts. </p><p><br></p><p></p><p> PART IV. COASTAL EVOLUTION ON A GEOLOGICAL TIME FRAME</p>
<p>1. Tectonics.</p>
<p>2. Sea level.</p>
<p>3. Climate.</p>
<p>4. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology</p>
<p>5. Older coasts</p>
<p>PART V. THE HUMANS IN THE COAST: INTERACTION PROBLEMS AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT</p>
<p>6. The heritage of past times: impact of the human constructions on the coasts.</p>
<p>7. Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management.</p>
8. Coastal Changes<p></p>
<p>9. Coastal Hazards</p>
<p>10. Marine and Coastal Policies</p>
<p>11. Marine Protected Areas</p>
<p>FINAL REMARKS</p>
<p>12. Future trends to the Coastal Geology. </p><br><p></p>
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