Author: Victor GoldsmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast changes
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Tracings: 94.40.
Coastal Processes and Resulting Forms of Sediment Accumulations, Carrituck Spit, Virginia-North Carolina
Author: Victor GoldsmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast changes
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Tracings: 94.40.
Coastal Sedimentary Environments
Author: R.A. Jr. DavisPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461250781
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The zone where land and sea meet is composed of a variety of complex environments. The coastal areas of the world contain a large percentage of its population and are therefore of extreme economic importance. Industrial, residential, and recreational developments, as well as large urban complexes, occupy much of the coastal margin of most highly developed countries. Undoubtedly future expansion in many undeveloped maritime countries will also be concentrated on coastal areas. Accompanying our occupation of coasts in this age of technology is a dependence on coastal environments for transportation, food, water, defense, and recreation. In order to utilize the coastal zone to its capacity, and yet not plunder its resources, we must have extensive knowledge of the complex environments contained along the coasts. The many environments within the coastal zone include bays, estuaries, deltas, marshes, dunes, and beaches. A tremendously broad range of conditions is represented by these environments. Salinity may range from essentially fresh water in estuaries, such as along the east coast of the United States, to extreme hypersaline lagoons, such as Laguna Madre in Texas. Coastal environments may be in excess of a hundred meters deep (fjords) or may extend several meters above sea level in the form of dunes. Some coastal environments are well protected and are not subjected to high physical energy except for occasional storms, whereas beaches and tidal inlets are continuously modified by waves and currents.
Miscellaneous Report - Coastal Engineering Research Center
Author: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Sedimentologic Architecture of the Shoreface Prism, Relationship to Profile Dynamics, and Relevance to Engineering Concerns
Author: Robert K. SchwartzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duck (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Program of Offshore Resource and Geoenvironmental Studies, Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico Region, from September 1, 1976 to December 31, 1978
Author: David W. FolgerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental geology
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A User's Guide to CERC's Field Research Facility
Author: William Allen BirkemeierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duck (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Sandy Beach Morphodynamics
Author: Derek JacksonPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0081029276
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Sandy beaches represent some of the most dynamic environments on Earth and examining their morphodynamic behaviour over different temporal and spatial scales is challenging, relying on multidisciplinary approaches and techniques. Sandy Beach Morphodynamics brings together the latest research on beach systems and their morphodynamics and the ways in which they are studied in 29 chapters that review the full spectrum of beach morphodynamics. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field and provide introductory level understanding of physical processes and resulting landforms, along with more advanced discussions.
U.S. Geological Survey Circular
Author: Proposed State-Federal Land Exchange Involving Portions of False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (N.W.R.)
Author: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
Author: M. SchwartzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402038801
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1243
Book Description
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.