Coastal Sedimentary Environments

04.03.1985

Englisch

9780387960975

Springer US

Nein

716

2

Gebundene Ausgabe

estuaries, Sediment, water, Sedimentation, evolution, biogeochemistry, environment, chemistry, Küste, sea level, energy, transport, Coast

RBGB - Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie PSAF - Ökologie, Biosphäre RBKC - Ozeanographie (Meereskunde) RNH - Abfallwirtschaft TQSR - Abfallverwertung und -entsorgung TQSW - Wasserversorgung und -aufbereitung KNB - Energiewirtschaft und Versorgungsunternehmen RNP - Umweltverschmutzung

1. River Deltas.- Occurrence and Distribution of Deltas.- General Characteristics of Deltas and Deltaic Environments.- Delta-Forming Processes.- Deltaic Sediments and Sedimentary Structures.- Variability of Deltaic Depositional Models.- Summary.- References.- 2. Estuaries.- Occurrence and Distribution of Estuaries.- Estuary Evolution.- Sources and Nature of Estuarine Sediments.- Estuarine Processes.- Hydrodynamic Factors.- Transport and Accumulation Mechanisms.- Particle Dynamics and Behavior.- Estuarine Dispersal and Depositional System.- Depositional Sequences in Estuaries.- Summary.- Unsolved Questions.- References.- 3. Intertidal Flats and Intertidal Sand Bodies.- Global Distribution.- Sedimentation Processes.- Intertidal Flats.- Intertidal Sand Bodies.- Summary.- References.- 4. Coastal Salt Marshes.- The State of the Art.- Definition and Occurrences of Coastal Salt Marshes.- Environmental Conditions and Marsh Zonation.- Characteristic Plants.- Characteristic Sediments.- Substrate Characteristics and Biogeochemistry.- Processes Affecting Sedimentation in Salt Marshes.- Sedimentary Structures.- References.- 5. Coastal Dunes.- Coastal Sand Dunes.- Physical Processes of Eolian Sedimentation.- Artificially Inseminated Coastal Sand Dunes.- References.- 6. Beach and Nearshore Zone.- Distribution.- Geometry.- Beach Materials.- Processes.- Sedimentary Structures.- Process-Response Systems in the Beach and Nearshore Environment.- Stratigraphic Sequences.- References.- 7. Tidal Inlets and Tidal Deltas.- Bedforms.- Genesis of Tidal Bedforms.- Tidal Deltas.- Stratigraphic Sequences and Depositional Models.- References.- 8. The Shoreface.- Fluid Dynamics of the Shoreface.- Sediment Dynamics on the Shoreface.- Morphodynamics of the Shoreface.- Shoreface Facies.- Engineering Implications.- Summary.- References.- 9. Coastal Stratigraphic Sequences.- Processes of Coastal Change.- Sea Level Change.- Continental Margins.- Lagoon-Barrier Systems.- Interpreting Sedimentary Sequences.- The Transgressive Coast.- The Regressive (Progradational) Coast.- Delta-Chenier Plains.- Coastal Sequence Preservation Potential.- Coastal Sequences in Time and Space.- Summary.- References.- 10. Modeling Coastal Environments.- Hydraulic Scale Models.- Statistical Models.- Probabilistic Model.- Deterministic Model.- Fourier Model.- Coastal Storm Model.- Summary.- References.

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