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The geomorphology of rock coasts / Alan S. Trenhaile.
LIBRA GB451.2 .T74 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trenhaile, Alan S.
- Series:
- Oxford research studies in geography
- Oxford research studies in geography.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coasts.
- Erosion.
- Petrology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- This volume is the only comprehensive reference work in the English language to deal specifically with landforms and processes of rock coasts. The workings of mechanical wave action, chemical weathering, bio-erosion, frost, and mass movement are among the topics covered in the first section. The second half discusses the landforms resulting from these processes, such as cliffs, bays and headlands, and elevated marine terraces. The material is clearly expressed and up-to-date, with examples taken from a wide range of environments. It is highly relevant reading for geomorphologists in physical geography departments, as well as for engineers, biologists, and geologists working in coastal areas.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [296]-370.
- ISBN:
- 0198232799 :
- OCLC:
- 14166010
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