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Description / Table of Contents: Contents: List of Contributors. - Foreword. - Preface. - Accretion and Erosion Waves on Beaches / Douglas L. Inman and Scott A. Jenkins. - Africa, Coastal Ecology / Anton McLachlan. - Africa, Coastal Geomorphology / Antony R. Orme. - Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping and Light Detection and Ranging / Stephen P. Leatherman, Dean Whitman, and Keqi Zhang. - Algal Rims / Jacques Laborel. - Alluvial-Plain Coasts / Daniel F. Belknap. - Altimeter Surveys, Coastal Tides, and Shelf Circulation / Guoqi Han. - Antarctica, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / Andrew McMinn. - Aquaculture / Robert R. Stickney. - Archaeological Site Location, Effect of Sea-Level Change / Melanie J. Stright. - Archaeology / Lucille Lewis Johnson. - Arctic, Coastal Ecology / Jean-Francois Hamel and Annie Mercier. - Arctic, Coastal Geomorphology / H. Jesse Walker. - Artificial Islands / Marcel J. F. Stive. - Asia, Eastern, Coastal Ecology / Donald Macintosh. - Asia, Eastern, Coastal Geomorphology / D. Eisma. - Asia, Middle East, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / Paul Sanlaville and Abel Prieur. - Asia, Southern (see Indian Ocean Coasts). - Asteroid-Impact Coasts / Rhodes W.Fairbridge. - Atlantic Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology / Annie Mercier and Jean-Francois Hamel. - Atlantic Ocean Islands, Coastal Geomorphology / Jim D. Hansom. - Atolls / David Hopley. - Australia, Coastal Ecology / Karen S. Edyvane. - Australia, Coastal Geomorphology / Eric Bird. - Barrier Islands / Miles O. Hayes. - Barrier / Eric Bird. - Barriers, Gravel (see Gravel Barriers). - Bars / Brian Greenwood. - Bay Beaches / Karl F. Nordstrom. - Beach and Nearshore Instrumentation / Robin Davidson-Arnott. - Beach Cusps (see Rhythmic Patterns). - Beach Drain / Per Bruun. - Beach Erosion / Edward J.Anthony. - Beach Features / Michael J. Chrzastowski. - Beach Nourishment / Charles W. Finkl and H. Jesse Walker. - Beach Processes / John R. Dingie. - Beach Profile / Nicholas C. Kraus. - Beach Rating (see Rating Beaches). - Beach Ridges / Ervin G. Otvos. - Beach Safety (see Lifesaving and Beach Safety). - Beach Sediment Characteristics / Alan S.Trenhaile. - Beach Stratigraphy / Yoshiki Saito. - Beach Use and Behaviors / Niels West . - Beachrock / Robert J. Turner. - Beaufort Wind Scale / Dilip K. Barua. - Bioconstruction / William T. Fox. - Bioengineered Shore Protection / Kevin R. Hall. - Bioerosion / William T. Fox. - Biogenous Coasts (see Vegetated Coasts). - Biogeomorphology / Martin J. Baptist. - Bioherms and Biostromes / Jacques Laborel. - Black and Caspian Seas, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / Yuri Dolotov and Pavel Kaplin. - Bluffs (see Cliffed Coasts). - Bogs / Martyn Waller. - Boulder Barricades / Peter S.Rosen. - Boulder Beaches / John McKenna. - Boulder Pavements / Jim D. Hansom. - Bypassing at Littoral Drift Barriers / Per Bruun. - Capping of Contaminated Coastal Areas / Ram K. Mohan. - Carbonate Sandy Beaches / Andrew D. Short. - Caribbean Islands, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / Gillian Cambers. - Carrying Capacity in Coastal Areas / M. MacLeod and J. Andrew G.Cooper. - Cays / David Hopley. - Central America (see Middle America). - Chalk Coasts / Vincent May. - Changing Sea Levels / Nils-Axel Mörner. - Cheniers / Ervin G. Otvos. - Classification of Coasts (see Holocene Coastal Geomorphology). - Cleaning Beaches / Niels West. - Cliffed Coasts / Alan S. Trenhaile. - Cliffs, Erosion Rates / Tsuguo Sunamura. - Cliffs, Lithology versus Erosion Rates / Tsuguo Sunamura. - Climate Patterns in the Coastal Zone / Douglas L. Inman and Scott A. Jenkins. - Coastal Boundaries / Peter H. F.Graber. - Coastal Changes, Gradual / B. G. Thorn and P. J. Cowell. - Coastal Changes, Rapid / David B. Scott. - Coastal Climate / David Greenland. - Coastal Currents / Guy Gelfenbaum. - Coastal Engineering (see Shore Protection Structures; Navigation Structures). - Coastal Hoodoos / Shin Wang. - Coastal Lakes and Lagoons / George F. Oertel. - Coastal Modeling and Simulation / V. Chris Lakhan. - Coastal Processes (see Beach Processes). - Coastal Sedimentary Facies / H. Edward Clifton. - Coastal Soils / Charles W. Finkl. - Coastal Subsidence / Zhongyuan Chen and John Rybczyk. - Coastal Temperature Trends / George A. Maul. - Coastal Upwelling and Downwelling / Dilip K. Barua. - Coastal Warfare / Peter L. Guth. - Coastal Wells / Yaacov Nir. - Coastal Wind Effects / Terry R. Healy. - Coastal Zone Management / Peter W. French. - Desalination / Benedicte Cherbuy and Jean-Christophe Aznar. - Desert Coasts / Rodman E. Snead. - Coastline Changes / Eric Bird. - Coasts, Coastlines, Shores, and Shorelines / George F. Oertel. - Cohesive Sediment Transport / Parmeshwar L. Shrestha and Alan F. Blumberg. - Computer Simulation (see Coastal Modeling and Simulation). - Conservation of Coastal Sites / Vincent May. - Continental Shelves / A. W. Niedoroda. - Conversion Tables (see Appendix 1). - Coral Reef Coasts / Charles R. C. Sheppard. - Coral Reef Islands / Gisele Muller-Parker. - Coral Reefs / David Hopley. - Coral Reefs, Emerged / David Hopley. - Cross-Shore Sediment Transport / Richard J. Seymour. - Cross-Shore Variation of Grain Size on Beaches / Philip D. Osborne and David P. Simpson. - Cuspate Forelands / Stephen J. Craig-Smith. - Dalmatian Coasts / Dieter Kelletat. - Dams, Effecton Coasts / Jiyu Chen. - Databases (see Appendix 4). - Dating (see Geochronology). - Datum (see Sea-Level Datums). - Debris (see Marine Debris-Onshore, Offshore, Seafloor Litter). - Deltaic Ecology / John M. Rybczyk. - Deltas / SheaPenland and Mark A. Kulp. - Demography of Coastal Populations / Iver W. Duedall and George A. Maul. - Depth of Closure on Sandy Coasts / Andrew Morang and William A. Birkemeier. - Depth of Disturbance / John P. Ahren. - Desalination / Bénédicte Cherbuy and Jean-Christophe Aznar. - Desert Coasts / Rodman E. Snead. - Dewatering (see Beach Drain). - Developed coasts / Nancy L. Jackson and Karl F. Nordstrom. - Dikes / Pieter G. E. F. Augustinus. - Dissipative Beaches / Douglas J. Sherman. - Dredging of Coastal Environments / Per Bruun. - Drift and Swash Alignments / Eric Bird. - Driftwood / Thomas A. Terich. - Dune Calcarenite (see Eolianite). - Dune Ridges / Terry R. Healy. - Dynamic Equilibrium of Beaches / Robert G. Dean. - Economic Value of Beaches / William B. Stronge. - El Nino - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) / Henry F. Diaz. - Endogenic and Exogenic Factors / Henry Bokuniewicz. - Energy and Sediment Budgets of the Global Coastal Zone / Douglas L. Inman and Scott A. Jenkins. - Engineering Applications of Coastal Geomorphology / John R. C. Hsu. - Environmental Quality / Michael J. Kennish. - Eolianite / Eric Bird. - Eolian Processes / Patrick A. Hesp. - Erosion: Historical Analysis and Forecasting / Mark Crowell, Stephen P. Leatherman, and Bruce Douglas. - Erosion Processes / Michael R. Rampino. - Estuaries, Anthropogenic Impacts / Michael J. Kennish. - Estuaries / Terry R. Healy. - Eustasy / Vivian Gornitz. - Europe, Coastal Ecology / J. Pat Doody. - Europe, Coastal Geomorphology / Dieter Kelletat and Anja Scheffers. - Faulted Coasts / Roland P. Paskoff. - Forecasting (see Erosion: Historical Analysis and Forecasting). - Geochronology / Gerhard Schellmann and Helmut Bruckner. - Geodesy / Michael P. Stewart. - Geographic Information Systems / Shawn M. Boeser. - Geographical Coastal Zonality / Dieter H. Kelletat. - Geohydraulic Research Centers / James R. Houston. - Geotextile Applications / Ram K. Mohan and C. G. R. Nair. - Glaciated Coasts / Daniel F. Belknap. - Global Positioning Systems / Shawn M. Boeser. - Global Vulnerability Analysis / Robert J. Nicholls and Frank M. J. Hoozemans. - Global Warming (see Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming). - Glossary of Coastal Geomorphology (see Appendix 5). - Gravel Barriers / Julian D. Orford. - Gravel Beaches / David P. Simpson. - Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming / James G. Titus. - Gross Transport / Richard J. Seymour. - Ground-Penetrating Radar / Ilya Buynevich and Duncan M. FitzGerald. - Groundwater (see Hydrology of the Coastal Zone). - Hazards (see Natural Hazards). - Headland-Bay Beach / Luis J. Moreno. - Health Benefits / Roger H. Charlier and Marie-Claire P. Chaineux. - Hindcasting (see Wave hindcast). - History, coastal ecology / J. Pat Doody. - History, coastal geomorphology / H. Jesse Walker and Molly McGraw. - History, Coastal Protection / Roger H. Charlier. - Holocene Coastal Geomorphology / Dieter Kelletat. - Holocene Epoch / Neil Roberts. - Honeycomb Weathering / George Mustoe. - Hoodoos (see Coastal Hoodoos). - Human Impact on Coasts / Richard A. Davis, Jr.. - Hydrology of the Coastal Zone / Diane HornIce-Bordered. - Coasts / H. Jesse Walker. - Indian Ocean Coasts, Coastal Ecology / Baban Ingole. - Indian Ocean Coasts, Coastal Geomorphology / G. N. Nayak. - Indian Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / M. Wafar, Sayeeda Wafar, and Prasanna Yennavar. - Ingression, Regression, and Transgression / Henry Bokuniewicz. - Instrumentation (see Beach and Nearshore Instrumentation). - Isostasy / Kurt Lambeck. - Jet Probes / Charles W. Finkl and Lindino A. Benedet. - Journal Listing (see Appendix 2). - Karst Coasts / Roland P. Paskoff. - Klint / Anto Raukas. - Lagoons (see Coastal Lakes and Lagoons). - Landslides (see Mass Wasting). - Late Quaternary Marine Transgression / Nils-Axel Mörner. - Lifesaving and Beach Safety / B. Chris Brewster. - Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) (see Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping). - Litter (see Marine Debris). - Littoral / Henry Bokuniewicz. - Littoral Cells / Douglas L. Inman. - Littoral Drift Gradient / Terry R. Healy. - Log-Spiral Beach (see Headland-Bay Beach). - Longshore Sediment Transport / Richard J. Seymour. - Machair / William Ritchie. - Managed Retreat / William J. Neal, David M. Bush, and Orrin H. Pilkey. - Management (see Coastal Zone Management). - Mangroves, Ecology / F. Blasco, M. Aizpuru, and J. Besnehard. - Mangroves, Geomorphology / Eric Bird. - Mangroves, Remote Sensing / F. Blasco, M. Aizpura, and D. Din Ndongo. - Mapping Shores and Coastal Terrain / Robert A. Morton. - Marine Debris - Onshore, Offshore, Seafloor Litter / A. T. Williams, D. T. Tudor and M. R. Gregory. - Marine Parks / Vincent May. - Marine Terraces / Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Mass Wasting / Alan S. Trenhaile. - Meteorological Effects on Coasts / Gregory W. Stone and Robert A. Muller. - Microtidal Coasts / J. Andrew G. Cooper. - Middens (see Shell Middens). - Middle America, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology / Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia. - Mining of Coastal Materials / W. R. Osterkamp and R. A. Morton. - Modeling Platforms, Terraces, and Coastal Evolution / Douglas L. Inman, Scott A. Jenkins, and Patricia M. Masters. - Modes and Patterns of Shoreline Change / Francis A. Galgano and Stephen P. Leatherman. - Monitoring Coastal Ecology / J. Pat Doody. - Monitoring Coastal Geomorphology / Andrew Morang and Laurel T. Gorman. - Muddy Coasts / Terry R. Healy. - Natural Hazards / Vivian Gornitz. - Navigation Structures / Nicholas C. Kraus. - Nearshore Geomorphological Mapping / Charles W. Finkl. - Nearshore Sediment Transport Measurement / Ping Wang. - Nearshore Wave Measurement / Ping Wang and Gregory W. Stone. - Net Transport / Richard Seymour. - New Zealand, Coastal Ecology / Russell Cole and Conrad Pilditch. - New Zealand, Coastal Geomorphology and Oceanography / Terry R. Healy. - North America, Coastal Ecology / Michael S. Kearney and J. Court Stevenson. - North America, Coastal Geomorphology / Douglas J. Sherman. - Notches / Dieter H. Kelletat. - Numerical Modeling / Magnus Larson. - Oil Spills / Erich R. Gundlach. - Oil Spills, High-Energy Coasts / William Ritchie. - Offshore Sand Banks and Linear Sand Ridges / Randolph A. MeBride. - Offshore Sand Sheets / Michael S. Fenster. - Organizations (see Appendix 3). - Pacific Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology / Mark D. Merlin. - Pacific Ocean Islands, Coastal Geomorphology / Patrick D. Nunn. - Paleocoastlines / John C. Kraft. - Paraglacial Coasts / Donald L. Forbes. - Peat / Ian Shennan. - Periglacial (see Ice-Bordered Coasts). - Photogrammetry / E. Robert Thieler and Cheryl J. Hapke. - Physical Models / Michael S. Bruno. - Placer Deposits / Paul D. Komar. - Pleistocene Epoch / Dieter H. Kelletat. - Pluvial Lake Shore Deposits / Detlef A. Warnke and Hillert Ibbeken. - Polders / Joost H. J. Terwindt. - Pressure Gradient Force / George A. Maul. - Profiling, Beach / Nicholas C. Krau. - RADARSAT-2 / Gordon C. Staples. - Rating Beaches / Stephen P. Leatherman. - Reclamation / P. P. Wong. - Reefs, Non-Coral / William T. Fox. - Reflective Beaches / Douglas J. Sherman. - Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments / Elijah W. Ramsey III. - Remote Sensing: Wetlands Classification / Victor Klemas. - Rhythmic Patterns / Paul D. Komar. - Ria / Eric Bird. - Rip Currents / Robert W. Brander. - Ripple Marks / Carl L. Amos and Patrick L. Friend. - Rock Coast Processes / Alan S. Trenhaile. - Salt Marsh / Terry R. Healy. - Sampling Methods (see Monitoring, Coastal Ecology; Monitoring, Coastal Geomorphology). - Sand Rights / Katherine Stone, Orville Magoon, Billy Edge, and Lesley Ewing. - Sandy Coasts / Andrew D. Short.- Scour and Burial of Objects in Shallow Water / Douglas L. Inman and Scott A. Jenkins. - Sea-Level Change (see Changing Sea Levels). - Sea-Level Changes During the Last Millennium / Roland Gehrels. - Sea-Level Datums (see Tidal Datums). - Sea-Level Indicators, Biologic / Jacques Laborel and Francoise Laborel-Deguen. - Sea-Level Indicators - Biological in Depositional Sequences / David B. Scott and Franco S. Medioli. - Sea-Level Indicators, Geomorphic / Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Sea-Level Rise, Effect / James G. Titus. - Sediment Analysis and Classification (see Beach Sediment Characteristics). - Sediment Budget / Jeffrey H. List. - Sediment Suspension by Waves / Rowland J. Atkins. - Sediment Transport (see Cross-Shore Sediment Transport; Longshore Sediment Transport). - Sedimentary Basins / Saskia Jelgersma. - Seismic Displacement / Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Sequence Stratigraphy / Arthur D. Donovan. - Setbacks / Michael S. Fenster. - Sharm Coasts / Dieter H. Kelletat. - Shelf Processes / Alan W. Niedoroda. - Shell Middens / Sarah K. Campbell. - Shingle Beach (see Gravel Beach). - Shore Platforms / Wayne Stephenson and Robert Kirk. - Shore Protection Structures / Nicholas C. Kraus. - Shoreface / H. Edward Clifton. - Simple Beach and Surf Zone Models / John P. Ahrens. - Sloughs (see Estuaries; Tidal Creeks). - Small Islands / George Maul. - Sociology, Beaches (see Beach Use and Behaviors). - South America, Coastal Ecology / Simone Rabelo da Cunha, Omar Defeo, Anita de Alava, Rosana Moreira da Rocha, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Mauro Maida, Tognella-M. M. P. De-Rosa, Carlos Emilio Bemvenuti, Joel C. Creed and Andre S. Barreto. - South America, Coastal Geomorphology / Norbert P. Psuty and Chizuko Mizobe. - Spits / Takaaki Uda. - Storm Surge / Vivian Gornitz. - Storms (see Meterological Effects). - Strandflat / Tormod Klemsdal. - Structures (see Shore Protection Structures; Navigation Structures). - Submarine Groundwater Discharge / Steven L. Krupa and Cynthia J. Gefver. - Submerged Coasts / Wyss W.-S. Yim. - Submerging Coasts / Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Surf Modeling / Marshall D. Earle. - Surf Zone Processes / William R. Dally. - Surfing / William R. Dally. - Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems / R. Keith Raney. - Tafone / George Mustoe. - Tectonics and Neotectonics / Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Thalassostatic Terraces / Rhodes W. Fairbridge. - Thalassotherapy (see Health Benefits). - Tidal Creeks / Terry R. Healy. - Tidal Datums / Edward B. Hands. - Tidal Environments / B. W. Flemming. - Tidal Inlets / Duncan M. FitzGerald. - Tidal Flats / V. Semeniuk. - Tidal Flats, Open Ocean Coasts / Congxian Li, Ping Wang, and Daidu Fan. - Tidal Power / Roger H. Charlier. - Tidal Prism / Terry M. Hume. - Tide-Dominated Coasts / Miles O. Hayes. - Tide Gauges / Guy Woppelmann and Paolo A. Pirazzoli. - Tide Mill / Roger H. Charlier. - Tides / Bruce Parker. - Time Series Modeling / V. Chris Lakhan. - Topic Categories (see Appendix 6). -Tors / Maurice Schwartz. - Tourism and Coastal Development / Marc L. Miller and Nina P. Hadley. - Tourism, Criteria for Coastal Sites / P. P. Wong. - Tracers / Paolo Ciavola. - Trottoirs / David Hopley. - Tsunamis / Alastair Dawson. - Uplift Coasts / Terry R. Healy. - Vegetated Coasts / Denise J. Reed. - Vibracore / Charles W. Finkl and Syed Khalil. - Vorticity / George A. Maul. - Volcanic Coasts / Terry R. Healy. - Washover Effects / William Ritchie. - Warfare (see Coastal Warfare). - Water Quality / Katherine Pond. - Wave and Tide-Dominated Coasts / Edward J. Anthony. - Wave Climate / George Maul. - Wave-Current Interaction / Patricia L. Wiberg. - Wave-Dominated Coasts / Miles O. Hayes. - Wave Environments / Andrew D. Short. - Wave Focusing / Terry R. Healy. - Wave Hindcasting / Dilip K. Barua. - Wave Power / Roger H. Charlier. - Wave Refraction Diagrams / Gerhard Masselink. - Waves / Gerhard Masselink. - Weathering in the Coastal Zone / Rhodes W. Fairbridge. - Wetlands / Denise J. Reed. - Wetland Restoration / William Streever. - Appendix 1: Conversion Tables. - Appendix 2: Journals / Charles W. Finkl. - Appendix 3: Organizations / Charles W. Fink. - Appendix 4: Databases / Pravin D. Kunte. - Appendix 5: Glossary of Coastal Geomorphology / Eric Bird. - Appendix 6: Topic Categories / Maurice Schwartz. - Index.

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