Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
by Eric Bird (Univ. of Melbourne, Australia)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Coastal Geomorphology, Second Editionis a comprehensive and systematic introduction to this subject and demonstrates the dynamic nature of coastal landforms, providing a background for analytical planning and management strategies in coastal areas that are subject to continuing changes. This introductory textbook has been completely revised and updated, and is accompanied by a website which provides additional illustrations, global examples, case-studies and more detailed and advanced information on topics referenced in the book, together with explanations of terminology, annotated references and research material.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the 2nd edition | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Coastal geomorphology | |
| Terminology | |
| Ancient coastlines | |
| Coastline morphology | |
| Coastline length | |
| Coastal evolution | |
| Changing coastlines | |
| Summary | |
| Coastal processes | |
| Introduction | |
| Waves | |
| Ocean swell | |
| Storm waves | |
| Nearshore waves | |
| Wave refraction | |
| Wave energy | |
| Breaking waves | |
| Rip currents | |
| Wave currents | |
| Dominant waves | |
| High, moderate and low wave energy coasts | |
| Tides | |
| Tidal currents | |
| Tidal environments | |
| Tidal bores | |
| Tide-dominated coasts | |
| Storm surges | |
| Tsunamis | |
| Other giant waves | |
| Currents | |
| Ocean currents | |
| Wind-driven currents | |
| River-mouth currents | |
| Effects of currents | |
| Nearshore water circulation | |
| Wind action | |
| Other processes | |
| Modelling coastal processes | |
| Summary | |
| Land and sea level changes | |
| Introduction | |
| Mean sea level | |
| Causes of sea level change | |
| Eustatic movements of sea level | |
| Steric changes | |
| Sedimentation | |
| Tectonic movements | |
| Measuring changes of level | |
| Correlation and dating of former coastlines | |
| Emerged coastlines | |
| Submerged coastlines | |
| Sea level variations | |
| Late Quaternary sea level changes | |
| Modern sea level changes | |
| Tide gauge records | |
| Geodetic surveys | |
| Biological indicators | |
| Recent changes of land and sea level | |
| Future sea level changes | |
| Summary | |
| Cliffs | |
| Introduction | |
| Cliff evolution | |
| Cliff morphology | |
| Cliff profiles | |
| Coastal bluffs | |
| Slope-over-wall profiles | |
| Cliff weathering in cold climates | |
| Ice cliffs | |
| Cliffs and bluffs on humid tropical coasts | |
| Cliff dissection | |
| Caves | |
| Blowholes | |
| Coastal gorges | |
| Natural arches | |
| Stacks | |
| Coastal valleys | |
| Hinterland topography | |
| Outlines in plan of cliffed coasts | |
| Coastal landslides | |
| Cliff falls | |
| Rates of cliff recession | |
| Summary | |
| Shore platforms | |
| Shore processes | |
| Shore abrasion | |
| Weathering on the shore | |
| Solution processes on the shore | |
| Bioerosion on the shore | |
| Frost shattering on the shore | |
| Induration on the shore | |
| Shore platforms | |
| Seaward-sloping shore platforms | |
| Structural shore platforms | |
| Subhorizontal high tide shore platforms | |
| Subhorizontal low tide shore platforms | |
| Strandflats | |
| Rocky and boulder-strewn shores | |
| Plunging cliffs | |
| Summary | |
| Beaches | |
| Introduction | |
| Beach sediments | |
| Evolution of beaches | |
| Provenance of beach sediments | |
| Beaches supplied with fluvial sediment | |
| Beaches supplied from eroding cliffs and foreshores | |
| Beaches supplied with sediment from the sea floor | |
| Beaches supplied with wind-blown sand | |
| Beaches made or modified by human activities | |
| Beaches of mixed origin | |
| Relict beaches | |
| Weathering of beach material | |
| Beaches on cold coasts | |
| Beach rock | |
| Nearshore processes | |
| Beach morphology | |
| Beach outlines in plan | |
| Equilibrium beach plans | |
| Beach outlines in profile | |
| Cut and fill | |
| Sweep zone | |
| Beach gradient and sediment size | |
| Upper and lower beach | |
| Beach stratification | |
| Beach berms | |
| Beach cusps | |
| Wind action on beaches | |
| Downwashing | |
| Response to tidal oscillations | |
| Equilibrium beach profiles | |
| Eroding and prograding beach profiles | |
| Beach morphodynamics and beach states | |
| Use of models | |
| Beach compartments | |
| Beach budgets | |
| Tracing beach sediment flow | |
| Lateral grading | |
| Prograding beaches | |
| Beach ridges | |
| Cheniers | |
| Beach lobes | |
| Summary | |
| Beach erosion | |
| Introduction | |
| Submergence and increased wave attack | |
| Reduction of fluvial sediment supply | |
| Reduction in sediment supply from cliffs | |
| Reduction of sand supply from inland dunes | |
| Reduction of sediment supply from the sea floor | |
| Extraction of sand and shingle from the beach | |
| Increased wave energy | |
| Interception of longshore drifting by breakwaters | |
| A change in the angle of incidence of waves | |
| Intensification of obliquely incident wave attack | |
| Increased losses of beach sediment to the backshore | |
| Increased storminess | |
| Attrition of beach material | |
| Beach weathering | |
| Increased scour by wave reflection from a sea wall | |
| Migration of beach lobes | |
| A rise in the beach water table | |
| Removal of beach material by runoff | |
| Diminished tide range | |
| Abrasion by driftwood | |
| Removal of a sea ice fringe | |
| The multiple causes of beach erosion | |
| Effects of artificial structures on beaches | |
| Beach nourishment | |
| Summary | |
| Spits, barriers and bars | |
| Introduction | |
| Spits | |
| Paired spits | |
| Trailing and flying spits | |
| Tombolos | |
| Cuspate and lobate spits | |
| Cuspate and lobate forelands | |
| Coastal barriers and barrier islands | |
| Intertidal sandflats | |
| Bars and troughs | |
| Sand shoals | |
| Ripples | |
| Sandstone reefs | |
| Summary | |
| Coastal dunes | |
| Introduction | |
| Foredunes | |
| Backshore cliffing of dunes | |
| Parallel dunes | |
| Blow-outs and parabolic dunes | |
| Transgressive dunes | |
| Cliff-top dunes | |
| Dunes on shingle | |
| Rates of dune movement | |
| Dune calcarenite | |
| Machair | |
| Coastal dunes in the humid tropics | |
| Old and new dunes | |
| Dune sandrock | |
| Dune lakes | |
| Summary | |
| Intertidal wetlands | |
| Introduction | |
| Intertidal morphology | |
| Sources of intertidal sediments | |
| Mudflats | |
| Intertidal vegetation | |
| Sea-grass beds | |
| Salt marshes | |
| Evolution of a salt marsh | |
| Salt marsh terraces | |
| Seaward margins of salt marshes | |
| Salt marsh creeks | |
| Salt pans | |
| The Spartina story | |
| Mangroves | |
| Mangroves and intertidal morphology | |
| Seaward margins of mangroves | |
| Freshwater swamps | |
| Summary | |
| Estuaries and lagoons | |
| Introduction | |
| Rias | |
| Fiords | |
| Fiards | |
| Calanques | |
| Sharms and sebkhas | |
| Estuaries | |
| Evolution of an estuary | |
| Estuarine channels | |
| Estuarine sediments | |
| Tidal deltas and thresholds | |
| Estuary shores | |
| Estuarine marshes and swamps | |
| Coastal lagoons | |
| Lagoon entrances | |
| Tides and salinity in lagoons | |
| Evolution of coastal lagoons | |
| Rounding and segmentation | |
| Swamp encroachment | |
| Lagoon configuration | |
| Summary | |
| Deltas | |
| Introduction | |
| Delta components | |
| Deltaic processes | |
| The Mississippi delta | |
| Delta outlines | |
| Wave-dominated deltas | |
| Tide-dominated deltas | |
| Effects of nearshore currents | |
| Deltas in cold regions | |
| Delta evolution | |
| Delta shores | |
| Summary | |
| Coral and algal reefs | |
| Introduction | |
| Coral reefs | |
| Origin of coral reefs | |
| Rates of growth | |
| Fringing reefs | |
| Barrier reefs | |
| Atolls | |
| Emerged coral reefs | |
| Islands on coral reef platforms | |
| Algal and other biogenic reefs | |
| Summary | |
| Future coasts | |
| Introduction | |
| Greenhouse effect and sea level rise | |
| General effects of a rising sea level | |
| Effects of a changing climate | |
| Effects on cliffs and shore platforms | |
| Effects on beaches, spits and barriers | |
| Evidence from past marine transgressions | |
| The future of beaches | |
| Effects on coastal dunes | |
| Effects on intertidal wetlands | |
| Effects on estuaries and lagoons | |
| Effects on deltaic coasts | |
| Effects on coral and algal reefs | |
| Conclusion | |
| Summary | |
| References | |
| Reference Citations - Index to Text | |
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