Muddy coast dynamics and resource management [electronic resource] / edited by B.W. Flemming, M.T. Delafontaine, G. Liebezeit.

Muddy coasts are land-sea transitional environments commonly found along low-energy shorelines which either receive large annual supplies of muddy sediments, or where unconsolidated muddy deposits are being eroded by wave action. In providing 21 case studies in different parts of the world this book...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Flemming, B. W. (Burghard W.), Delafontaine, M. T. (Monique T.), Liebezeit, Gerd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Proceedings in marine science ; 2.
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Summary:Muddy coasts are land-sea transitional environments commonly found along low-energy shorelines which either receive large annual supplies of muddy sediments, or where unconsolidated muddy deposits are being eroded by wave action. In providing 21 case studies in different parts of the world this book provides an up-to-date review of the state of the art in muddy coast research. Issues dealing with hydrodynamics and suspended matter transport, erosion, deposition, and sediment budgets on tidal flats, primary production, nutrient fluxes and mineralization in lagoons are treated in a multi disciplinary manner. Most articles deal with issues which are of relevance with respect to global warming and future sea level rise.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780444504647
0444504648
9780080537061
0080537065