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John Wiley & Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Item Description: | "Wiley-Blackwell (1e, 2004)"--T.p. verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 518 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781119334484 1119334489 |
| Index Number: | GB451 |
| CLC: | P7 |
| Call Number: | P7/D263/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Coastline variability and functions in the global environment -- The Earth's mobile crust -- Sediments and rocks : materials of coastal environments -- Sea-level change and coastal environments -- Weather systems, extratropical storms, and hurricanes -- Waves and the coast -- Tides of the ocean -- River deltas : the source of most of our coastal sediments -- Estuaries -- Coastal lagoons -- Tidal flats -- Coastal wetlands -- Beach and nearshore environment -- Coastal dunes -- Barrier systems -- Tidal inlets -- Glaciated coasts -- Rocky coasts. |