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Introduction to Coastline Development

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  • © 1971

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  1. J. A. Steers
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Introduction

    • J. A. Steers
    Pages 9-23

  3. Sea-level Changes during the Last 10,000 Years

    • S. Jelgersma
    Pages 25-48

  4. The Main Post-glacial Raised Shoreline of Western Scotland from the Firth of Lorne to Loch Broom

    • S. B. McCann
    Pages 49-65

  5. Trend-Surface Mapping of Raised Shorelines

    • S. B. McCann, R. J. Chorley
    Pages 66-68

  6. Marking Beach Materials for Tracing Experiments

    • C. Kidson, A. P. Carr
    Pages 69-93

  7. A Theory of the Development of Accumulation Forms in the Coastal Zone

    • V. P. Zenkovich
    Pages 94-116

  8. The Relationship between Wave Incidence, Wind Direction and Beach Changes at Marsden Bay, County Durham

    • Cuchlaine A. M. King
    Pages 117-132

  9. The Influence of Rock Structures on Coastline and Cliff Development around Tintagel, North Cornwall

    • Gilbert Wilson
    Pages 133-161

  10. The Form of Nantasket Beach

    • Douglas W. Johnson, William G. Reed Jr
    Pages 162-187

  11. Methods of Correlating Cultural Remains with Stages of Coastal Development

    • William G. McIntire
    Pages 188-203

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 227-229
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About this book

This volume is a collection of papers, preceded by an introductory essay, on coastal physiography.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to Coastline Development

  • Editors: J. A. Steers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15422-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-11041-6Published: 01 February 1971

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15422-7Published: 01 February 1971

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 224

  • Topics: Physical Geography

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