Sediment fluxes in coastal areas. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mohamed Maanan, Marc Robin, editors.
• Editors: Maanan, M; Robin, Marc
• Contents: Preface; Sediment Fluxes: Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in Coastal Areas at Various Spatial and Temporal Scales; References; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Part I: Sediment Fluxes Changes Link to Climatic Change During Holocene; Chapter 1: The ``Turritella Layer℗þ℗þ: A Potential Proxy of a Drastic Holocene Environmental Change on the North-East Atlantic C ... ; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 General Settings: Scottish Sea Lochs and South Brittany Shelf; 1.2.1 Scottish Sea Lochs; 1.2.2 South Brittany Shelf; 1.3 Material and Methods; 1.3.1 Geophysical Surveys; 1.3.2 Sediment Cores. 1.3.3 14C Ages1.3.4 Foraminifera Analysis; 1.3.5 Geochemical Analyses (Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Composition) on Core MD2833; 1.4 Results; 1.4.1 Seismic Data: Mapping of the ``Turritella℗þs Reflector℗þ℗þ; 1.4.2 Foraminifera Analyses; 1.4.3 Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Composition of T. communis Shells; 1.5 Comparison and Discussion; 1.5.1 Comparison with the Turritella Layer of the ``Grande Vasi©·res℗þ℗þ in South Brittany; 1.5.2 Discussion; 1.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Influence of Recent Deglaciation and Associated Sediment Flux on the Functioning of Polar Coastal Zone -- Northe ... 2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Paraglacial Coastal Environments; 2.1.2 Svalbard Paraglacial Coasts; 2.2 Regional Setting; 2.3 Methods; 2.4 Results; 2.5 Discussion; 2.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Geomorphic Changes in the Rh©þne Delta During the LIA: Input from the Analysis of Ancient Maps; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Rh©þne River Delta; 3.3 Ancient Maps of the Rh©þne Delta: Their Utility and Limits; 3.4 Results; 3.4.1 Avulsion of the Medieval Passon Branch and Appearance of the Bras de Fer Branch at the End of the Sixteenth Century. 3.4.1.1 The Bompar/Solier Map (Before 1587): The State Prior to Avulsion in 15873.4.1.2 The Camargo (1591-1592): Appearance of a New Branch, the ``Bras de Fer℗þ℗þ; 3.4.2 The Bras de Fer from 1630 to 1711: From Accelerated Progradation to a New Avulsion; 3.4.2.1 Maps Drawn by Flour (1633-1638) and Vortcamp (1656); 3.4.2.2 The Arnoul Map (1678); 3.4.2.3 The French Naval Engineers℗þ Map (1709-1711); 3.4.3 Evolution of the New Mouth in the Eighteenth Century: The Cassini (1778) and Isnard (1783) Maps; 3.4.4 A Progressively Engineered Delta Mouth in the Nineteenth Century: The Sketches of Gu©♭rard. 3.4.5 Historical Mobility of the Rh©þne Delta Shoreline3.5 Interpretation and Discussion; 3.5.1 Forcing Variables in the Morphogenesis of the Mouth and the Shoreline; 3.5.2 Attempts at Interpretation of the Variations of the Delta Mouths and Shoreline; 3.5.2.1 Two Phases of Rapid Progradation Corresponding to a River-Dominated Delta in the Terminology of Galloway (1975); 3.5.2.2 Two ``Pauses℗þ℗þ Corresponding to Slower Progradation and Evolution to a Lobate Delta (Terminology of Galloway 1975); 3.5.2.3 The Determinant Human Impact on Evolution of the Mouth and Delta in the Nineteenth Century.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.45/7; Earth sciences; Marine sediments; Sediment transport; Coast changes; Physical geography; Climatic changes; Sedimentology; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Coast changes; Marine sediments; Sediment transport; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy; Physical geography & topography; Climate change; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Soil science, sedimentology; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401792608; 9401792607
• Related ISBNs: 9789401792592
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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