1 Coastline Variability and Functions in the Global Environment 12 The Earth's Mobile Crust 153 Sediments and Rocks: Materials of Coastal Environments 554 Sea-Level Change and Coastal Environments 695 Weather Systems, Extratropical Storms, and Hurricanes 956 Waves and the Coast 1337 Tides of the Ocean 1538 River Deltas: The Source of Most of our Coastal Sediments 1779 Estuaries 20310 Coastal Lagoons 22911 Tidal Flats 24712 Coastal Wetlands 28113 Beach and Nearshore Environment 30714 Coastal Dunes 33915 Barrier Systems 35916 Tidal Inlets 40517 Glaciated Coasts 45318 Rocky Coasts 489Index 513
RICHARD A. DAVIS, JR., PHD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of South Florida, USA.DUNCAN M. FITZGERALD, PHD, is Professor in the Earth Science Department at Boston University, USA.
