Call number:
AWI G10-02-0069
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XII, 379 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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24 cm
Edition:
Reprinted 2001
ISBN:
0471965707
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Notations
PART A. BEACH SYSTEMS: DEFINITION AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
1 Beaches / Andrew D. Short
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Two-dimensional beaches
1.3 Three-dimensional beaches
1.4 Beach components and boundary conditions
1.5 Beach classifications
1.6 Beach Quantification
1.7 Beach morphodynamics
1.8 The study of beaches
1.9 Rationale for beach studies in the 21st century
2 Global variation in beach systems / Andrew D. Short
2.1 Global variation in beach systems
2.2 Coastal boundaries
2.3 Global climates
2.4 Global coastal sediments
2.5 Beach sediments
2.6 Global wave climates
2.7 Global and coastal tide regimes
2.8 Summary
PART B. BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS
3 The shoreface / Peter J. Cowell, David J. Hanslow and Justin F. Meleo
3.1 Introduction: definition and significance
3.2 Morphological scale
3.3 Morphodynamics and shoreface equilibrium
3.4 Morphodynamic time scale and external controls
3.5 Summary
4 The surf zone / Troels Aagaard and Gerhard Masselink
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Wave transformation and wave set-up
4.3 Infragravity wave motion in the surf zone
4.4 Surf zone currents
4.5 Sediment transport
4.6 Bar morphology
5 The beachface / Michael Hughes and Ian Turner
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Swash kinematics
5.3 Beachface slope
5.4 Berms
5.5 Beach step
5.6 Swash cusps
5.7 Concluding remarks
6 The beach backshore and beyond / Patrick A. Hesp
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Backshore beach morphology
6.3 Backshore sand transport
6.4 Backshore aerodynamics
6.5 Beach- Backshore - dune sediment transport
6.6 Impact of salt aerosols
6.7 Overwash processes and deposits
6.8 Swash-deposited backshore landforms
6.9 Backshore dunes
6.10 Erosional and transgressive dunes
6.11 Summary
PART C. BEACH TYPES AND APPLICATIONS
7 Wave-dominated beaches / Andrew D. Short
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Historical perspective
7.3 Wave-dominated beach types
7.4 Sequential beach changes
7.5 Multi-bar micro-tidal beaches
7.6 Beach 'state' curves: beaches in time and space
8 The effect of tides on beach morphodynamics / Gerhard Masselink and Ian L. Turner
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Tide-induced migration of hydrodynamic processes
8.3 Tide-induced fluctuations of the beach ground water table
8.4 Morphological response to tides
8.5 The parameterisation of tidal effects
8.6 A morphodynamic classification of tidal beaches
8.7 Summary
9 Embayed and structurally controlled beaches / Andrew D. Short and Gerhard Masselink
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Beach planform
9.3 Beach morphodynamics
9.4 Beach rotation
9.5 Headland sand bypassing
9.6 Structural impacts
9.7 Summary
PART D. BEACH SYSTEMS AND IMPACTS
10 Beach Modification: natural impacts on beach morphodynamics / Andrew D. Short
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Determining beach type, circulation and bar number
10.3 Modification by cold climates
10.4 Modification by tropical climates
10.5 Modification of beach parameters
10.6 Summary
11 Beach ecology / Andrew D. Short and Patrick A. Hesp
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Beach habitats
11.3 Beach organisms
11.4 The beach energy system
11.5 Beach ecology and beach systems
11.6 Physical implication
11.7 Summary
12 Beach and dune stratification / Andrew D. Short and Patrick A. Hesp
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Boundary layer processes
12.3 Beach type and stratification
12.4 Dune stratification
12.5 Summary
13 Beach hazards and safety / Andrew D. Short
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Beach hazards
13.3 Wave-dominated beach hazards
13.4 Tide-modified beach hazards
13.5 Beach hazard rating
13.6 Applications to beach management
13.7 Summary
PART E. LARGE SCALE BEACH BEHAVIOUR
14 Barrier morphodynamics / Patrick A. Hesp and Andrew D. Short
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The origin of barriers
14.3 Factors contributing to barrier type and evolution
14.4 Barrier morphodynamics and types
14.5 Controls on barrier evolution
14.6 Conclusion
References
Author Index
Location index
Subject Index
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
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