Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits and Function (eBook)

J.-A. Healy, T. Healy, Y. Wang (Herausgeber)

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2002 | 1. Auflage
556 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053707-8 (ISBN)

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The SCOR (Scientific Committee on Ocean Research of ICSU) Working Group 106 was tasked with reviewing the geomorphic, sedimentary and oceanographic dynamics of muddy costs, assessing the impact of sea level rise on muddy coasts, especially in estuaries, and to recommend future research pathways relating to muddy coasts.
This book addresses these questions and includes chapters on the research issues of muddy coasts, the definition of muddy coasts, sea level rise effects on muddy coasts, fundamental dynamic processes effecting muddy coast formation, the role of mangrove and salt marsh vegetation, bio-geochemistry of muddy coast deposits, storm surge effects on muddy coasts, human impacts on muddy coasts, and a detailed geographical review of muddy coasts of the world.
The volume presents examples of muddy coasts sedimentation from many different environments of the world including the broad expanse muddy coast of China, muddy coasts of continental trailing edges (the Americas), muddy coasts in seasonally ice covered environments, muddy coasts in areas of tropical coral reefs, muddy coasts from the tropics, muddy coasts resulting from large river discharges, and muddy coasts of mid-latitude oceanic islands.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
Acknowledgements 8
SCOR Working Group 106 Biographical Notes 10
Chapter One. Research issues of muddy coasts 16
Chapter Two. Definitition, properties and classification of muddy coasts 24
Chapter Three. Mudshore dynamics and controls 34
Chapter Four. Distinguishing accretion from erosion-dominated muddy coasts 76
Chapter Five. Relative sea level changes and some effects on muddy 98
Chapter Six. Geographic distribution of muddy coasts 114
Chapter Seven. Biochemcial factors influencing deposition and erosion of fine grained sediment 218
Chapter Eight. Natural biological processes and controls 244
Chapter Nine. Mangroves as indicators of sea level change in the muddy coasts of the world 260
Chapter Ten. Typhoon storm surge and some effects on muddy coasts 278
Chapter Eleven. Fine sediment dynamics in the mangrove-fringed, muddy coastal zone 294
Chapter Twelve. Human influences on muddy coasts 308
Chapter Thirteen. Tidal flats and associated muddy coast of China 334
Chapter Fourteen. Muddy coasts of mid-latitude oceanic islands on an active plate margin New Zealand 362
Chapter Fifteen. Muddy coasts of India 390
Chapter Sixteen. Late Quaternary stratigraphy of the muddy tidal deposits, west coast of Korea 406
Chapter Seventeen. Saltmarshes in the West Solent (southern England): their morphodynamics and evolution 426
Chapter Eighteen. Tidal dynamics in two contrasting muddy coastal environments – Jiangsu and The Wash 456
Chapter Nineteen. Sediment content of the ice-cover in muddy tidal areas of the turbidity zone of the St. Lawrence estuary and the problem of the sediment budget 478
Chapter Twenty. Morphodynamics of muddy environments along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America 494
Chapter Twenty-One. Mud threat to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia 548

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.1.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053707-3 / 0080537073
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053707-8 / 9780080537078