Download or read book Geomorphic Analysis of U S East Coast Shoreline Behavior and the Influence of Tidal Inlets on Coastal Configuration written by Francis Anthony Galgano and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011 written by Ping Wang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings contains nearly 200 papers on cutting-edge research presented at the seventh international Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, held May 26, 2011, in Miami, Florida, USA. This technical specialty conference was devoted to promoting an interdisciplinary exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge among researchers in the fields of coastal engineering, geology, oceanography, and related disciplines, with a theme of bringing together theory and practice. Focusing on the physical aspects of sediment processes in various coastal environments, this three-volume conference proceedings provides findings from the latest research and newest engineering applications. Session topics cover a wide range including barrier-island morphodynamics and evolution, beach nourishment and shore protection, coastal dunes, cohesive sediment transport, field and laboratory measurements of sediment transport processes and numerical modeling, gravel transport, large-scale and long-term coastal changes, LiDAR and remote sensing, longshore and cross-shore sediment transport, marsh and wetlands, regional sediment management, river deltas, sea-level changes, shelf and sand bodies, shoreline changes, tidal inlets and navigation channels. A special session on recent research findings at the Northern Gulf of Mexico is also included.
Download or read book Tripping from the Fall Line written by David K. Brezinski and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Emanating from the Fall Line city of Baltimore, site of the 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, these trips reflect the diversity of geological features in the mid-Atlantic region including the Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains, and Coastal Plain, and the importance of geology on the development and construction of the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., metropolitan area"--
Download or read book Sea Level Rise written by Bruce Douglas and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-10-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Level Rise, History and Consequences includes a special emphasis on the evidence for historical sea level change; case studies are used to demonstrate the resulting consequences. A CD-ROM is included which contain tide gauge data and trends of relative sea level from the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. The material on the CD-ROM is either in the form of text files, or web sites that can be opened by widely available web-browsers. Sea level is expected to rise as much as 60-100 centimeters over the next century due to greenhouse-induced global warming -- or at least that is what the some scientists predict. However, the concept of sea level is extremely complex, which makes the prediction of sea level rise anything but certain. The reviewers are in consensus in enthusiastically endorsing this comprehensive book and CD-ROM treatment. This book will be a comprehensive review of the subject using the data themselves (on CD-ROM) to illustrate the principles involved, rather than detailed mathematical treatments. The book should be readily accessible to upper division and first-year graduate students in the environmental sciences, geography, geology, and other interdisciplinary fields. Four pages (up to 16 pages) of color in the printed text. The book will have wide appeal. It will be read by geologists, geophysicists, climatologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, environmental scientists, geomorphologists, coastal engineers, and policy makers in all of these fields.
Download or read book Shore and Beach written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Coastal Science written by M. Schwartz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 1243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Encyclopedia of Coastal Science stands as the latest authoritative source in the field of coastal studies, making it the standard reference work for specialists and the interested lay person. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach. This Encyclopedia features contributions by 245 well-known international specialists in their respective fields and is abundantly illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. Not only does this volume offer an extensive number of entries, it also includes various appendices, an illustrated glossary of coastal morphology and extensive bibliographic listings.
Download or read book Shore Beach written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shoreline Mapping and Change Analysis written by Mark R. Brynes and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Shoreline Changes Adjacent to Florida a East Coast Tidal Inlets written by Paul Work and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Morphodynamic Changes of the Parramore Cedar Barrier island System and Wachapreague Inlet Virginia from 1852 to 2011 written by Trent Michael Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a study of the shoreline and tidal inlet changes of the Parramore-Cedar barrier-island and Wachapreague tidal inlet system through the integration of a variety of geospatial data sets over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Fundamental changes to the historical trends of shoreline and tidal inlet behavior provide a means to quantitatively test the three-stage model of runaway transgression (Fitzgerald et al., 2004). The analysis of a robust set of shoreline data sets demonstrates the pattern of clockwise rotational instability over the long term as documented by Leatherman et al. (1982) has evolved into sustained rapid retreat along the entire outer shoreline of Parramore Island. In addition, Cedar Island has transitioned from in-place narrowing to rapid barrier rollover and landward migration through overwash and inlet processes. The non-inlet-influenced, open-ocean shoreline of Parramore Island experienced a -4.1 m/yr retreat rate from 1852 to 1998 and a -12.2 m/yr retreat rate from 1998 to 2010, according to a linear regression analysis. Similarly, Cedar Island's non-inlet-influenced, open-ocean shoreline underwent a -5.5 m/yr retreat rate from 1852 to 2007 and a -15.4 m/yr retreat rate from 2007 to 2010, also according to a linear regression analysis. The short-term retreat rates for both islands are nearly triple the long-term rates. These increases in shortterm retreat rates constitute a fundamental change in the pattern of historical shoreline movement for the Parramore-Cedar barrier-island system. The cross-sectional area of an inlet throat is used as a proxy to calculate tidal prism and ebb-tidal delta volume of tidal inlets. The historical cross-sectional areas for Wachapreague Inlet were 1845 m2 in 1852, 4473 m2 in 1871, 4737 m2 in 1911, 4572 m2 in 1934, 4047 m2 in 1972, 4398 m2 in 2007, 4735 m2 in 2010 (April), 5014 m2 in 2010 (August), and 5210 m2 in 2011. Tidal prism and ebb-tidal delta volumes at Wachapreague Inlet fluctuated from 1871 to 2011 with tidal prism ranging between 4.82 x 10[subscript 7] m[subscript 3] and 6.09 x10[subscript 7] m[subscript 3] and ebb-tidal delta volumes ranging between 1.85 x 10[subscript 7] m[subscript 3] and 2.46 x10[subscript 7] m[subscript 3]. From 1871 to 2007, the long-term linear regression rates of change were -2.4 m[subscript 2]/yr for cross-sectional area, -2.67 x10[subscript 4]m[subscript 3]/yr for tidal prism, and -1.26 m[subscript 3]/yr for ebb-tidal delta volume. However, from 2007 to 2011, the short-term linear regression rates of change switched to high rates of increase with 186.1 m[subscript 2]/yr for cross-sectional area, 2.04 x10[subscript 6]m[subscript 3]/yr for tidal prism, and 9.89 x10[subscript 5]m[subscript 3]/yr for ebb-tidal delta volume. Overall, from 1871 to 2007, cross-sectional area, tidal prism, and ebb-tidal delta volumes were characterized by relative stability to a slight decrease with a distinct increase more recently (2007-2011). This research accounts for the natural variability in tidal prism on a monthly basis (e.g., neap vs. spring tides, perigee vs. apogee) and a seasonal basis (e.g., potential coastal setup caused by meteorological events, thermal expansion of the water column [steric effect]) by utilizing a 15% natural variability in the tidal-inlet analyses as documented by O'Brien (1969). These spatial analyses provide insight into how shoreline and bathymetric changes of the Parramore-Cedar barrier-island system are driven by 1) the southern extension of the large arc of erosion located south of Assateague Island in response to sediment trapping at the large recurved spit complex at Fishing Point, Virginia; 2) relative sea level rise along the southern Delmarva Peninsula; 3) updrift barrier-island breaching north of Wachapreague Inlet along Cedar Island and other breaches further north; and 4) increased storminess along the outer barrier islands of the Virginia Eastern Shore. Of these four coastal-change drivers, the southern propagation of the large arc of erosion (i.e., lack of sediment supply) appears to be the primary driver of coastal evolution along the Parramore-Cedar barrier-island system for the past 150 years and potentially for the next 10 to 100 years into the future. Furthermore, this research presents a six-stage model of barrier evolution along the southern Delmarva Peninsula. The six-stage model accounts for changes in sediment supply, relative sea level rise, increased storminess, and the projected consequences to the Parramore-Cedar barrier-island system. The significance of short-term shoreline and bathymetric changes that depart from historical trends is important because these developments may indicate wider patterns of barrier-island change for the entire Virginia Eastern Shore and, perhaps, large expanses of mixed-energy coasts along the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard.
Download or read book Tidal Prism written by James T. Jarrett and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Formation and Evolution of Multiple Tidal Inlets written by Aubrey and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Resources and the Environment written by U. Aswathanarayana and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers soil from two interrelated angles: as a resource and as an environmental medium. It is characterized by a broad-spectrum contextual approach and is modelling oriented. Emphasis is laid on the dynamics of the soil processes in terms of SPAC (Soil-Plant-Air Continuum). The book provides an overview as to how knowledge of the soil processes can be put to practical use to manage soil nutrients, conserve soil moisture, reduce soil degradation, reclaim salt-affected silds, build civil constructions, and prevent soil contamination.
Download or read book Notes on Tidal Inlets on Sandy Shores written by Morrough Parker O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandy shorelines approach an average equilibrium configuration, in planform and profile, under the influence of the wave climate, the tides and tidal currents, and the local winds acting on the material which forms the shore. The tides and tidal currents vary in a predictable sequence but waves and local winds occur randomly and shorelines exhibit correspondingly random deviations from an average configuration. The most active position of most shorelines is found in and near inlets where strong currents move the material stirred up by wave action. Past studies of the equilibrium configuration of shorelines have suffered from the lack of quantitative data on the wave climate, the average long-term wave exposure, and data on the daily, seasonal, and annual variations in wave intensity and direction. The long-range objective should be to relate the configurations of shorelines and the temporal variations in configuration, to the waves, winds, tides and currents. A shorter range objective is to explain quantitatively the behavior of inlets and adjacent shores. (Author).
Download or read book Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 4604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of estuaries and coasts has seen enormous growth in recent years, since changes in these areas have a large effect on the food chain, as well as on the physics and chemistry of the ocean. As the coasts and river banks around the world become more densely populated, the pressure on these ecosystems intensifies, putting a new focus on environmental, socio-economic and policy issues. Written by a team of international expert scientists, under the guidance of Chief Editors Eric Wolanski and Donald McClusky, the Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Ten Volume Set examines topics in depth, and aims to provide a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Most up-to-date reference for system-based coastal and estuarine science and management, from the inland watershed to the ocean shelf Chief editors have assembled a world-class team of volume editors and contributing authors Approach focuses on the physical, biological, chemistry, ecosystem, human, ecological and economics processes, to show how to best use multidisciplinary science to ensure earth's sustainability Provides a comprehensive scientific resource for all professionals and students in the area of estuarine and coastal science Features up-to-date chapters covering a full range of topics
Download or read book Notes on Tidal Inlets on Sandy Shores written by Morrough Parker O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
