Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

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Maurice Schwartz
Springer Science & Business Media, 8. stu 2006. - Broj stranica: 1213
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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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Accretion and Erosion Waves on Beaches
1
Africa Coastal Ecology
4
Africa Coastal Geomorphology
9
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping and Light Detection and Ranging
21
Algal Rims
24
AlluvialPlain Coasts
25
Altimer Surveys Coastal Tides and Shelf Circulation
27
Antartica Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
28
Jet Probes
572
Journal ListingSee Appendix 2
580
Karst Coasts
581
Klint
586
LagoonsSee Coastal Lakes and Lagoons
588
Lifesaving and beach Safety
589
Light Detection and Ranging LIDARIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING LIDARSee Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping
592
Littoral Cells
594

Aquaculture
33
Archaeological Site Location Effect of SeaLevel Change
38
Archaeology
40
Arctic Coastal Ecology
45
Arctic Coastal Geomorphology
49
Artificial Islands
55
Asia Eastern Coastal Ecology
56
Asia Eastern Coastal Geomorphology
67
Asia Middle East Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
71
Asia SouthernSee Indian Ocean Coasts
83
Atlantic Ocean Islands Coastal Ecology
84
Atlantic Ocean Islands Coastal Geomorphology
88
Faeroes and Jan Mayen
93
Australia Coastal Ecology
96
Australia Coastal Geomorphology
110
Barrier Islands
117
Barrier
119
Barriers GravelSee Gravel Barriers
120
Bay Beaches
129
Beach and Nearshore Instrumentation
130
Beach CuspsSee Rhythmic Patterns
138
Beach Erosion
140
Beach Features
145
Beach Nourishment
147
Beach Processes
161
Beach Profile
169
Beach RatingSee Rating Beaches
172
Beach SafetySee Lifesaving and Beach Safety
177
Beach Stratigraphy
179
Beach Use and Behaviors
181
Beach Rock
183
Beaufort Wind Scale
186
Bioengineered Shore Protection
188
Bioerosion
191
Biogenous CoastsSee Vegetated Coasts
192
Bioherms and Biostromes
194
BluffsSee Clipped Coasts
203
Boulder Barricades
204
Boulder Beaches
206
Boulder Pavements
208
Bypassing at Littoral drift Barriers
210
Capping Coastal Contaminated Coastal Areas
216
Carbonate Sandy Beaches
218
Caribbean Islands Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
221
Carrying Capacity in Coastal Areas
226
Central AmericaSee Middle America
227
Changing Sea Levels
229
Cheniers
233
Classification of CoastsSee Holocene Coastal Geomorphology
235
Clipped Coasts
237
Cliffs Errosion Rates
240
Cliffs Lithology versus Erosion Rates
241
Climate Patterns in the Coastal Zone
243
Coastal boundaries
246
Coastal Changes Gradual
251
Coastal Changes Rapid
253
Coastal Climate
255
Coastal Currents
259
Coastal EngineeringSee Shore Protection Structures Navigation Structures
260
Coastal Lakes and Lagoons
263
Coastal Modeling and Simulation
266
Coastal ProcessesSee Beach Processes
270
Coastal Soils
278
Coastal Subsidence
302
Coastal Temperature Trends
304
Coastal Upwelling and Downwelling
306
Coastal Warfare
308
Coastal Wells
311
Coastal Wind Effects
312
Coastal Zone Management
313
Coastline Changes
319
Coasts Coastlines Shores and Shorelines
323
Cohesive Sediment Transport
327
Computer SimulationSee Coastal Modeling and Simulation
330
Continental Shelves
337
Conversion TablesSee Appendix 1
339
Coral Reef Islands
342
Corals Reefs
343
Corals Reefs Emerged
349
CrossShore Sediment Transport
352
CrossShore Variation of Grain Size on Beaches
353
Cuspate Forelands
354
Dalmatian Coasts
356
Dams Effects on Coasts
357
DatabasesSee Appendix 4
359
Deltas
362
Demography of Coastal Populations
368
Depth of Closure on Sandy Coasts
374
Depth of Disturbance
377
Desilation
378
Desert Coasts
379
DewateringSee Beach Drain
387
Dikes
388
Dissipative Beaches
389
Dredging of Coastal Environments
390
Drift and Swash Alignments
395
Driftwood
397
Dune CalcareniteSee Eolianite
398
Dynamic Equilibrium of Beaches
399
Economic Value of Beaches
401
El NiñoSouthern Oscillation ENSO
403
Endogenic and Exogenic Factors
407
Energy and Sediment Budgets of the Global Coastal Zone
408
Engineering Applications of Coastal Geomorphology
415
Environmental Quality
419
Eolianite
426
Eolian Process
428
Erosion Processes
432
Estuaries Anthopogenic Impacts
434
Estuaries
436
Eustasy
439
Europe Coastal Ecology
442
Europe Coastal Geomorphology
452
Faulted Coasts
463
Geochronology
467
Geodesy
472
Geographical Coastal Zonality
474
Geohydraulic Research Centers
477
Geotextile Applications
479
Glaciated Coasts
481
Global Positioning Systems
485
Global Vulnerability Analysis
486
Global WarmingSee Greenhouse Effect and Warming
491
Gravel Beaches
492
Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
494
Gross Transport
502
GroundPenetrating Radar
503
GgroundwaterSee Hydrology of the Coastal Zone
507
HazardsSee Natural Hazards
508
Health Benefits
511
HindcastingSee Wave Hindcast
515
History Coastal Geomorphology
519
History Coastal Protection
526
Holocene Coastal Geomorphology
527
Holocene Epoch
529
HoodoosSee Coastal Hoodoos
530
Hydrology of the Coastal Zone
535
IceBordered Coasts
542
Indian Ocean Coasts Coastal Ecology
546
Indian Ocean Coasts Coastal Geomorphology
554
Indian Ocean Islands Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
557
Ingression Regression and Transgression
564
InstrumentationSee Beach and Nearshore Instrumentation
565
Littoral Drift Gradient
599
LogSpiral BeachSee HeadlandBay Beach
600
Machair
601
Managed Retreat
602
ManagementSee Costal Zone
606
Mangroves Geomorphology
611
Mangroves Remote Sensing
614
Mapping Shores and Coastal Terrain
618
Marine DebrisOnshore Offshore Seafloor Litter
623
Marine Parks
628
Marine Terraces
632
Mass Wasting
633
Meteorological Effects on Coasts
636
Microtidal Coasts
638
Middle America Coastal ecology and Geomorphology
639
Mining of Coastal Materials
645
Modeling Platforms Terraces and Coastal Evolution
647
Modes and Patterns of Shoreline Change
651
Monitoring Coastal Ecology
656
Monitoring Coastal Geomorphology
663
Muddy Coasts
674
Natural Hazards
678
Navigation Structures
684
Nearshore Geomorphological Mapping
685
Nearshore Sediment Transport Measurement
698
Nearshore Wave Measurement
702
Net Transport
705
New Zealand Coastal Geomorphology and Oceanography
709
North America Coastal Ecology
714
North America Coastal Geomorphology
721
Notches
728
Numerical Modeling
730
Oil Spills
734
Oil Spills HighEnergy Coasts
736
Offshore Sand Banks and Linear Sand Ridges
737
Offshore Sand Sheets
739
OrganizationsSee Appendix 3
745
Pacific Ocean Islands Coastal Ecology
746
Pafici Ocean Islands Coastal Geomorphology
754
Paleocoastlines
757
Paraglacial Coasts
760
Peat
762
PeriglacialSee Bordered Coasts
764
Physical Models
769
Placer Deposits
771
Pleistocene Epoch
772
Pluvial Lake Shore Deposits
773
Polders
778
Pressure Gradient Force
780
Profiling Beach
781
Radarsat2
784
Rating Beaches
785
Reclamation
791
Reefs NonCoral
795
Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments
797
Wetlands Classification
804
Rhythmic Patterns
807
Rip Currents
811
Ripple Marks
813
Rock Coast Processes
815
Salt Marsh
819
Sand Rights
820
Sandy Coasts
821
Scour and Burial of Objects in Shallow Water
825
Sealevel ChangeSee Changing Sea Levels SEA LEVELS
830
SeaLevel DatumsSee Tidal Datums
833
SeaLevel IndicatorsBiological in Depositional Sequences
835
SeaLevel Indicators Geomorphic
836
SeaLevel Rise Effect
838
Sediment Analysis and ClassificationSee Beach Sediment Characteristics
846
Sediment Suspension by Waves
850
Sediment TransportSee CrossShore
853
Seismic Displacement
859
Sequence Stratigraphy
860
Setbacks
863
Shelf Processes
867
Shell Middens
870
Shingle BeachSee Gravel Beach
873
Shore Protection Structures
875
Shoreface
877
Simple Beach and Surf Zone Models
881
SloughsSee Estuaries Tidal Creeks
883
Sociology BeachesSee Beach Use and Behaviors
888
South America Coastal Geomorphology
905
Spits
909
Storm Surge
912
StormsSee Meteorological Effects
914
StructuresSee Shore Protection Structures Navigation Structures
915
Submerged Coasts
922
Submerging Coasts
924
Surf Modeling
925
Surf Zone Process
929
Surfing
936
Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems
937
Tafone
940
Tectonics and Neotectonics
941
Thalassostatic Terraces
948
ThalassotherapySee Health Benefits
949
Tidal Datums
950
Tidal Environments
954
Tidal Inlets
958
Tidal Flats
965
Tidal Flats Open Ocean Coasts
975
Tidal Power
978
Tidal Prism
981
TideDominated Coasts
982
Tide Gauges
984
Tide Mill
986
Tides
987
Time Series Modeling
996
Topic CatergoriesSee Appendix 6
1001
Tourism and Coastal Developement
1002
Tourism Criteria for Coastal Sites
1009
Tracers
1013
Trottoirs
1017
Uplift Coasts
1022
Vegetated Coasts
1024
Vibracore
1026
Vorticity
1036
Volcanic Coasts
1038
Washover Effects
1041
WarfareSee Coastal Warfare
1043
Wave and TideDominated Coasts
1046
Wave Climate
1049
WaveCurrent Interaction
1052
WaveDominated Coasts
1053
Wave Environments
1056
Wave Focusing
1059
Wave Hindcasting
1060
Wave Power
1063
Wave Refraction Diagrams
1065
Waves
1069
Weathering in the Coastal Zone
1074
Wetlands
1077
Wetland Restoration
1081
Conversion Tables
1087
Journals
1089
Organizations
1100
Databases
1145
Glossary of Coastal Geomorphology
1155
Topic Catergories
1193
Index
1197
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Encyclopedia Of Coastal Science
Maurice L. Schwartz
Pregled nije dostupan - 2005

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Reference za ovu knjigu

Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction
Eric C. F. Bird
Pregled nije dostupan - 2008
The Physical Geography of South America
Thomas T. Veblen,Kenneth R. Young,Antony R. Orme
Ograničeni pregled - 2015

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NaslovEncyclopedia of Coastal Science
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
UrednikMaurice Schwartz
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IzdavačSpringer Science & Business Media, 2006
ISBN1402038801, 9781402038808
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