Beach Processes and Sedimentation
Introduces beach processes within an approach that balances an engineering perspective against a purely geological one. Provides an up-to-date review of the current understanding of beach processes as well as applications to solve coastal problems (erosion, management issues, etc.). Discusses issues related to beach erosion and other processes. The second edition of Beach Processes and Sedimentation has been updated to include information gathered from two decades of science and engineering...
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Introduces beach processes within an approach that balances an engineering perspective against a purely geological one. Provides an up-to-date review of the current understanding of beach processes as well as applications to solve coastal problems (erosion, management issues, etc.). Discusses issues related to beach erosion and other processes. The second edition of Beach Processes and Sedimentation has been updated to include information gathered from two decades of science and engineering in the field, reflecting the vast increase in knowledge since the first edition. Discusses the rise of coastal zone management as well as patterns of wave transformations and dissipation within the surf zone, and how these water motions produce cross-shore movements of sediment resulting in beach-profile variations. An essential reference book for many readers: from beach front property owners to politicians contending with beachfront erosion to engineers addressing beachfront reclamation projects. Booknews Advances in coastal zone research in the last 22 years have necessitated a major update of the first edition. Komar (oceanic and atmospheric sciences, Oregon State U.) details the current state of knowledge regarding: coastal morphology and sediments, the changing level of the sea, wave and surf-zone processes, beach profiles and sediment transport, shoreline planforms and models to simulate their evolution, and nearshore morphodynamics. He concludes with several options for the protection of our coasts: no action, beach nourishment, and stabilization structures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface1An Introduction to the Study of Beaches12The Geomorphology of Eroding and Accreting Coasts163Beach Morphology and Sediments454The Changing Level of the Sea765The Generation of Waves and Their Movement Across the Sea1376Wave Breaking and Surf-Zone Processes2087Beach Profiles and Cross-Shore Sediment Transport2708Wave-Generated Currents in the Nearshore3369The Longshore Transport of Sediments on Beaches37710Shoreline Planforms and Models to Simulate Their Evolution42411Nearshore Morphodynamics45612The Protection of Our Coasts497Index541
\ BooknewsAdvances in coastal zone research in the last 22 years have necessitated a major update of the first edition. Komar (oceanic and atmospheric sciences, Oregon State U.) details the current state of knowledge regarding: coastal morphology and sediments, the changing level of the sea, wave and surf-zone processes, beach profiles and sediment transport, shoreline planforms and models to simulate their evolution, and nearshore morphodynamics. He concludes with several options for the protection of our coasts: no action, beach nourishment, and stabilization structures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
