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Rock Coast Geomorphology: A Global Synthesis

Product Code: M0040
Series: GSL Memoirs - print copy
Author/Editor: Edited by D.M. Kennedy, W.J. Stephenson & L.A. Naylor
Publication Date: 19 August 2014
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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. 

 

Published online 25/07/2014. Print copy available from 19/08/2014.

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Type: Book
Ten Digit ISBN:
Thirteen Digit ISBN: 978-1-86239-684-5
Publisher: GSL
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 292
Weight: 1.45 kg

Contents

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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