Description:
Title:
Coastal evolution : Late Quaternary shoreline morphodynamics / edited by R.W.G. Carter, C.D. Woodroffe.
Imprint:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Physical Description:
xxi, 517 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"A contribution to IGCP Project 274: Coastal Evolution in the Quaternary."
Formatted Contents Note:
Coastal evolution : an introduction / R.W.G. Carter and C.D. Woodroffe -- Morphodynamics of coastal evolution / P.J. Cowell and B.G. Thom -- Deltaic coasts / J.R. Suter -- Wave-dominated coasts / P.S. Roy ... [et al.] -- Macrotidal estuaries / J. Chappell and C.D. Woodroffe -- Lagoons and microtidal coasts / J.A.G. Cooper -- Coral atolls / R.F. McLean and C.D. Woodroffe -- Continental shelf reef systems / D. Hopley -- Arctic coastal plain shorelines / P.R. Hill ... [et al.].
Paraglacial coasts / D.L. Forbes and J.P.M. Syvitski -- Coastal cliffs and platforms / G.B. Griggs and A.S. Trenhaile -- Tectonic shorelines / P.A. Pirazzoli -- Developed coasts / K.F. Nordstrom.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Topical Term:
Paleogeography Quaternary.
Coast changes.
Personal Name:
Carter, Bill (R. W. G.)
Woodroffe, C. D.
Corporate Name:
IGCP Project 274.
Access Information:
Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | STACKS | QE501.4.P3 C63 1994 | BOOK | 1
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