Coastal environments and global change / edited by Gerd Masselink and Roland Gehrels.

Other author Masselink, Gerhard editor.
Other author Gehrels, W. Roland, editor.
Format Book
PublicationChichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.
Descriptionvii, 438 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 29 cm
Subjects
Coast changes.
Coastal ecology.
Environmental degradation.
Global warming.
Coastal zone management.
Water levels.

Contents Introduction to coastal environments and global change / Gerd Masselink and Roland Gehrels -- Sea level / Glenn A. Milne -- Environmental control: geology and sediments / Edward J. Anthony -- Drivers: waves and tides / Daniel C. Conley -- Coastal hazards: storms and tsunamis / Adam D. Switzer -- Coastal groundwater / William P. Anderson, Jr. -- Beaches / Gerben Ruessink and Roshanka Ranasinghe -- Coastal dunes / Karl F. Nordstrom -- Barrier systems / Sytze van Heteren -- Tidal flats and salt marshes / Kerrylee Rogers and Colin D. Woodroffe -- Mangrove shorelines / Colin D. Woodroffe, Catherine E. Lovelock and Kerrylee Rogers -- Estuaries and tidal inlets / Duncan FitzGerald, Ioannis Georgiou and Michael Miner -- Deltas / Edward J. Anthony -- High-latitude coasts / Aart Kroon -- Rock coasts / Wayne Stephenson -- Coral reefs / Paul Kench -- Coping with coastal change / Robert J. Nicholls, Marcel J. F. Stive and Richard S. J. Tol.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Coastal environments and global change Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014 9781118825006
LCCN 2013046580
ISBN9780470656600 (cloth)
ISBN0470656603 (cloth)
ISBN9780470656594 (pbk.)
ISBN047065659X (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QC903 .C585 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold