The Coastlines of the World with Google Earth: Understanding Our Environment (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Introduction: Oceans and Coastlines 1 The Oceans 1.1 Extent, Origin and Topography 1.2 Sediments in the Oceans 1.3 Physics and Chemistry of Ocean Waters 1.4 Life in the Oceans 1.5 Movements in the Ocean: Currents, Waves and Tides 1.6 Changing Sea Levels 2 Coastal Landforms and Landscapes 2.2 Ice Cliffs, Calving Glaciers and Sea Ice 2.3 Structural Dominated Coastlines 2.4 Volcanic Coasts 3 Coastlines Dominated by Ingression of the Sea into older Terrestrial Landforms 3.1 Ingression in Rocky Glacial Landscapes 3.2 Ingression in Sedimentary Glacial Landscapes 3.3 Ingression into Fluvial Landscapes 3.4 Ingression into Karst Landforms 3.5 Ingression into Eolian Landforms 3.6 Permafrost Coastlines with Ingression 4 Destructive Coastline 4.1 Bioerosion 4.2 Tafoni and Tessellated Pavements 4.3 Cliffs and Shore Platforms 5 Sedimentary Coast s 5.1 Introduction - The beach and its features 5.2 Foreshore Features and Tidal Flats 5.3 Spits and Tombolos 5.4 Barriers, Barrier Islands and Lagoons 5.5 Beach Ridge Systems and Cheniers 5.6 Coastal Dunes 5.7 Marine Deltas 6 Coasts Dominated by Organisms 6.1 Marine Plants - Algae and Seagrass 6.2 Marine Plants - Mangroves 6.3 Coral Reefs 6.4 Other organic hardgrounds 7 Coasts as Archives of the Past 7.1 Geologic archives in coastal environments 7.2 Coastal Geoarchaeology 8 Coasts at Risk 8.1 Coastal Natural Hazards - Storms and Tsunamis 8.2 Sea Level Rise - The unavoidable and uncertain future of our coasts 8.3 Man-made Coastlines Epilogue Index 3 Coastlines Dominated by Ingression of the Sea into older Terrestrial Landforms 3.1 Ingression in Rocky Glacial Landscapes 3.2 Ingression in Sedimentary Glacial Landscapes 3.3 Ingression into Fluvial Landscapes 3.4 Ingression into Karst Landforms 3.5 Ingression into Eolian Landforms 3.6 Permafrost Coastlines with Ingression 4 Destructive Coastline 4.1 Bioerosion 4.2 Tafoni and Tessellated Pavements 4.3 Cliffs and Shore Platforms 5 Sedimentary Coast s 5.1 Introduction - The beach and its features 5.2 Foreshore Features and Tidal Flats 5.3 Spits and Tombolos 5.4 Barriers, Barrier Islands and Lagoons 5.5 Beach Ridge Systems and Cheniers 5.6 Coastal Dunes 5.7 Marine Deltas 6 Coasts Dominated by Organisms 6.1 Marine Plants - Algae and Seagrass 6.2 Marine Plants - Mangroves 6.3 Coral Reefs 6.4 Other organic hardgrounds 7 Coasts as Archives of the Past 7.1 Geologic archives in coastal environments 7.2 Coastal Geoarchaeology 8 Coasts at Risk 8.1 Coastal Natural Hazards - Storms and Tsunamis 8.2 Sea Level Rise - The unavoidable and uncertain future of our coasts 8.3 Man-made Coastlines Epilogue Index