Coastal evolution : late quaternary shoreline morphodynamics , paper
Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics

The shoreline is a rapidly changing interface between the land and the sea, where much of the world's population lives. Coasts are under threat from a variety of natural and anthropogenic impacts, such as climate or sea-level change. This 1995 book assesses how coastlines change, and how they have evolved over the last few thousand years. It introduces concepts in coastal morphodynamics, recognising that coasts develop through co-adjustment of process and form. Particular types of coast, such as deltas, estuaries, reefs, lagoons and polar coasts, are examined in detail with conceptual models developed on the basis of well-studied examples. Coastal Evolution is written for undergraduates who are studying coastal geomorphology, geologists who are mapping coastal sedimentary sequences and environmental scientists, engineers, planners and coastal managers who need to understand the natural processes of change which occur on shorelines.

Foreword O. van de Plassche, 1. Coastal evolution: an introduction R. W. G. Carter and C. D. Woodroffe, 2. Morphodynamics of coastal evolution P. Cowell and B. Thom, 3. Deltaic coasts J. Suter, 4. Wave-dominated coasts P. Roy, P. Cowell, M. Ferland and B. Thom, 5. Macrotidal estuaries J. Chappell and C. D. Woodroffe, 6. Lagoons and microtidal coasts J. A. G. Cooper, 7. Coral atolls R. McLean and C. D. Woodroffe, 8. Continental shelf reef systems D. Hopley, 9. Arctic coastal plain shorelines P. Hill, P. Barnes, A. Héquette and M. H. Ruz, 10. Paraglacial coasts D. Forbes and J. Syvitski, 11. Coastal cliffs and platforms G. Giggs and A. Trenhaile, 12. Evolution of tectonic shorelines P. Pirazzoli, 13. Developed coasts K. Nordstrom, Index.