Sand and gravel spits. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Giovanni Randazzo, Derek W.T. Jackson, J. Andrew G. Cooper, editors.
• Editors: Randazzo, Giovanni; Jackson, Derek W. T; Cooper, J. A. G
• Contents: Evolution of sand spits along the Caribbean coast of Colombia: natural and human influences -- Patterns of sand spit development and their management implications on deltaic, drift-aligned coasts: the cases of the Senegal and Volta River delta spits, West Africa -- El Paramo Transgressive Gravel Spit, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina -- Gravel spit-inlet dynamics: Orford Spit, UK -- Aeolian sand invasion: georadar signatures from the Curonian Spit dunes, Lithuania -- The joint history of Tróia peninsula and Sado ebb-delta -- The Historical Evolution of the Tindari-Marinello Spit (Italy -- Sicily) -- Anthropogenic influence on Spit Dynamics at Various Timescales: Case Studie in the Bay of Cadiz (Spain) -- The Development and Management of the Dingle Bay Spit-Barriers of Southwest Ireland -- Polish spits and barriers -- Tidal Flat-Barrier Spit Interactions in a Fetch-Limited, Macro-Tidal Embayment, Lubec, Maine, USA -- Sandy spits and their mathematical modeling -- Spits on the French Atlantic and Channel coasts: morphological behaviour and present management policies -- The sand spits of the Rhône River delta: formation, dynamics, sediment budgets and management -- Long-, mid- and short-term evolution of coastal gravel spits of Brittany, France -- Morphological characterization and evolution of Tahadart littoral spit, Atlantic coast of Morocco -- Geomorphology and internal sedimentary structure of a landward migrating barrier spit (Southern Sylt/ German Bight): Insights from GPR surveys -- Morphology and the Cyclic Evolution of Danube Delta Spits.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 344 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.45/8; Geography; Spits (Geomorphology); SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Spits (Geomorphology); Science -- Geophysics; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Geophysics; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; The environment; Natural disasters; Historical geology; Physical geography; Geology; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319137162; 3319137166; 3319137158; 9783319137155
• Related ISBNs: 9783319137155
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 24, 2015).
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