Andrew D. Short, Colin D. Woodroffe

The Coast of Australia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Coast of Australia provides the first comprehensive account of the Australian coast.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1085g
• ISBN-13: 9780521873987
• ISBN-10: 0521873983
• Artikelnr.: 25686323

Autorenporträt

Andrew Short is a coastal geomorphologist with degrees from the University of Sydney, University of Hawaii and Louisiana State University. He has studied the coasts of North and South America, the Alaskan Arctic, Hawaii, New Zealand, Europe, the British Isles and the entire Australian coast. His main interests are beach and dune morphodynamics, coastal evolution and management. He has written more than 150 scientific articles and 12 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1. Evolution of the Australian coast
2. Coastal processes
3. Coastal ecosystems
4. Estuaries and deltas
5. Beaches
6. Coastal dunes and barriers
7. Rocky coasts
8. Reef coasts
9. Human interaction with the coast
Further reading
Index.