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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development, comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings.
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Coastal Research Library ;
v.5 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5016-6 |
| Summary: |
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development, comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (431 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400750166 (electronic bk.) 9400750161 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | GB600 |
| CLC: | P931.5 |
| Contents: | Part I. Principles of Coastal Karst Development -- Pseudokarst Caves in the Littoral Environment / John E. Mylroie, Joan R. Mylroie -- Erosional and Depositional Textures and Structures in Coastal Karst Landscapes / Danko Taborosi, Miklos Kazmer -- Hydrology and Geochemistry of the Freshwater Lens in Coastal Karst / Beth Fratesi -- Coastal Karst Development in Carbonate Rocks / John E. Mylroie -- The Biological and Archaeological Significance of Coastal Caves and Karst Features / Michael J. Lace, John E. Mylroie -- Coastal Cave and Karst Resource Management / Michael J. Lace, John E. Mylroie -- Part II. Selected case studies in coastal cave and karst development -- Caves and karst of the Bahama Islands / John E. Mylroie, Joan R. Mylroie -- Tafoni development in the Bahamas / Athena M. Owen -- Coastal caves and karst of the Puerto Rican Islands / Michael J. Lace -- Caves and karst of Barbados / Patricia N. Kambesis, Hans G. Machel -- Cave development and patterns of caves and cave systems in the eogenetic coastal karst of Southern Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) / Angel Gines, Joaquin Gines, Francesc Gracia -- Rodrigues : an Indian Ocean island calcarenite; its history, study and management / Gregory J. Middleton, David A. Burney -- Caves and karst hydrogeology of the Mariana Islands / Kevin W. Stafford, Danko Taborosi, John J. Jenson -- Littloral cave development on the western U.S. coast / David E. Bunnell, Johanna L. Kovarik -- Climatic influences on coastal cave and karst development in Florida / Jason S. Polk, Robert Brinkmann -- Overview of the controls on eogenetic cave and karst development in Quintana Roo, Mexico / Patricia N. Kambesis, James G. Coke -- Telogenetic limestones and island karst / John E. Mylroie, Joan R. Mylroie -- Australian examples of coastal caves / John E. Mylroie, Joan R. Mylroie. |