Sinopsis de Beaches and coasts

Exciting and unique textbook that provides an exhaustive treatment of the world's different coasts and details the highly varied processes that have shaped them; the authors draw on a wealth of experience that broadens the content of chapters and provides for numerous and varied examples; provides a basic understanding of the tectonic framework, hydrographic regime,climatic setting, and geologic materials that determine the morphology of a coast; individual chapters are devoted to major coastal environments such as barriers, tidal inlets, marshes, estuaries, lagoons, deltas, glaciated coasts, rocky coasts, and many others, provides comprehensive content for teaching a broad coastal geology course for both introductory and upper level courses.

Otros libros de Geologia/ciencias de la tierra

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  Caracterización geomecánica de los materiales volcánicos de Tenerife.
  Autor: González Vallejo, Luis I..
  ISBN: 978-84-7840-639-5.
  Editorial: Blackwell
  
  
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  Mapas de peligrosidad de avenidas e inundaciones: métodos, experiencias y aplicación.
  Autor: Díez Herrero, A..
  ISBN: 978-84-7840-632-6.
  Editorial: Blackwell
  
  
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  Mapas de peligrosidad por avenida e inundaciones: guía metodológica para su elaboración.
  Autor: Sin autor.
  ISBN: 978-84-7840-770-5.
  Editorial: Blackwell
  
  
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  Tierra frágil: vistas de un mundo cambiante.
  Autor: Fiennes, Ranulph.
  ISBN: 978-84-460-2749-2.
  Editorial: Blackwell