Rock Coast Geomorphology: A Global Synthesis
Product code: M0040
Print publication date: 20/07/2014
Geological Society of London, GSL Memoirs, Geomorphology, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862396845
Author/Edited by: Edited by D.M. Kennedy, W.J. Stephenson & L.A. Naylor
Weight: 1.45kg
Number of pages: 292
Online publication date: 24/07/2014
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/mem/40/1
£125.00
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Memoir 40
Rocky landforms dominate large portions of the world’s coast. Cliffs and shore platforms form spectacular landscapes, yet when compared to other landforms they are relatively unstudied with many contemporary controversies dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. The past decade has seen a reinvigoration of research driven by advances in technology that now enable precise measurements of erosion to the micron scale and quantification of wave energy onto and through cliff edifices to be made, as well as being able to directly date rock surfaces. In order to integrate this diverse range of research this volume’s regional approach first integrates the latest data with longstanding theory and then analyses this research through the boundary conditions that exist in each area. The volume brings together the research leaders in the field; includes chapters on nearly all the major rock coasts of the world and identifies future research needs.
Chapter 1 KENNEDY, D. M., STEPHENSON, W. J. & NAYLOR, L. A. Introduction to the rock coasts of the world
Chapter 2 TRENHAILE, A. S. Climate change and its impact on rock coasts
British Isles
Chapter 3 LIM, M. The rock coast of the British Isles: cliffs
Chapter 4 MOSES, C. A. The rock coast of the British Isles: shore platforms
Chapter 5 COOMBES, M. A. The rock coast of the British Isles: weathering and biogenic processes
Europe
Chapter 6 GÓMEZ-PUJOL, L., PÉREZ-ALBERTI, A., BLANCO-CHAO, R., COSTA, S., NEVES, M. & DEL RÍO, L. The rock coast of continental Europe in the Atlantic
Chapter 7 FURLANI, S., PAPPALARDO, M., GÓMEZ-PUJOL, L. & CHELLI, A. The rock coast of the Mediterranean and Black seas
The Americas
Chapter 8 TRENHAILE, A. S. The rock coast of Canada
Chapter 9 HAPKE, C. J., ADAMS, P. N., ALLAN, J., ASHTON, A., GRIGGS, G. B., HAMPTON, M. A., KELLY, J. & YOUNG, A. P. The rock coast of the USA
Chapter 10 BLANCO-CHAO, R., PEDOJA, K., WITT, C., MARTINOD, J., HUSSON, L., REGARD, V., AUDIN, L., NEXER, M., DELCAILLAU, B., SAILLARD, M., MELNICK, D., DUMONT, J. F., SANTANA, E., NAVARRETE, E., MARTILLO, C., PAPPALARDO, M., AYALA, L., ARAYA, J. F., FEAL-PÉREZ, A., CORREA, D. & AROZARENA-LLOPIS, I. The rock coast of South and Central America
Australasia & Asia
Chapter 11 CHOI, K. H. & SEONG, Y. B. The rock coast of Korea
Chapter 12 SUNAMURA, T., TSUJIMOTO, H. & AOKI, H. The rock coast of Japan
Chapter 13 DICKSON, M. E. & STEPHENSON, W. J. The rock coast of New Zealand
Chapter 14 KENNEDY, D. M. The rock coast of Australia
Chapter 15 WOODROFFE, C. D. The rock coasts of oceanic islands
Chapter 16 HANSOM, J. D., FORBES, D. L. & ETIENNE, S. The rock coasts of polar and sub-polar regions
Chapter 17 NAYLOR, L. A., KENNEDY, D.M. & STEPHENSON, W. J. Synthesis and conclusion to the rock coast geomorphology of the world
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