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Summary
Summary
Coastal Dunes Form and Process Edited by Karl F. Nordstrom Norbert Psuty Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA and Bill Carter Department of Environmental Studies, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland Coastal Morphology and Research Series Series Editor: Eric C. F. Bird This book deals with the formation and establishment of coastal dunes--considering both forms and processes in a wide variety of environments. These landforms are among the most sensitive to environmental change, yet they provide extensive protection against both short-term erosion and flooding and long-term sea-level rise. Until now, there has not been any major book to deal specifically with coastal dunes. The current volume surveys a range of dune features, such as the ephemeral characteristics in the rapidly subsiding Mississippi delta, the extensive sand sheets of Australia and South Africa and the Holocene dunes of Western Europe and North America. This book will provide essential background information for ecological and management studies of coastal dunes. It will be of immense value to geomorphologists, ecologists and other environmental scientists who work on the management of coastal dunes.
Author Notes
Karl F. Nordstrom and Norbert Psuty are the authors of Coastal Dunes: Form and Process, published by Wiley.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents |
Eolian Processes and Sand Transport |
Aeolian Sediment Transport: Theory and MeasurementD. Sherman and S. Hotta |
Beach/Dune Interaction |
Aeolian Sand Bodies of the South Louisiana CoastW. Ritchie and S. Penland |
The Geomorphological, Ecological and Pedological Development of Coastal Foredunes at Magilligan Point, Northern IrelandR. Carter and P. Wilson |
The Exchange of Materials Between Beach and Dune SystemsA. McLachan |
Erosional Landforms in Coastal DunesR. Carter, et al. |
Secondary Dunes and Dunefields |
Geomorphology and Evolution of Active Transgressive DunefieldsP. Hesp and B. Thom |
Effects of Human Development |
Physical and Human Influences on Coastal Dune Development Between the Ribble and Mersey Estuaries, Northwest EnglandK. Pye |
Directions for Coastal Dune ResearchK. Nordstrom, et al. |