Sandy Beach Morphodynamics

Sandy beaches represent some of the most dynamic environments on Earth and examining their morphodynamic behaviour over different temporal and spatial scales is challenging, relying on multidisciplinary approaches and techniques. Sandy Beach Morphodynamics brings together the latest research on beach systems and their morphodynamics and the ways in which they are studied in 29 chapters that review the full spectrum of beach morphodynamics. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field and provide introductory level understanding of physical processes and resulting landforms, along with more advanced discussions.

List of contents

1. Introduction to beach morphodynamics
2. Beach sand and its origins
3. Wave climates: deep water to shoaling zone
4. Wave Behaviour outside the surfzone
5. Tidal modulation
6. Breaking waves
7. The surf zone
8. The swash zone
9. Marine sediment transport
10. Aeolian (windblown) sand transport over beaches
11. Rip currents
12. From Cusps to Capes: Self-Organized shoreline Shapes
13. Rhythmic patterns in the surfzone
14. Mixed sand and gravel beaches
15. Sandy beaches in estuaries and bays
16. Wave-dominated, tide-modified and tide-dominated continuum
17. Shallow water wave modelling in the nearshore (SWAN)
18. Reflective-dissipative continuum
19. Shoreline change Analysis
20. Seasonal imprint on beach morphodynamics
21. Long-term shoreline morphodynamics: Processes and preservation of environmental signals
22. Extreme events: impact and recovery
23. Headland Bypassing and Overpassing: Form, Processes and Applications
24. Beach rotation
25. Coastal Sediment Compartments, Wave Climate, and Centennial-Scale Sediment Budget
26. Global beach database
27. Beach and nearshore monitoring techniques
28. Machine Learning and coastal processes
29. Future challenges in beach management as contested spaces

Product details

• Assisted by: Derek Jackson (Editor), Jackson Derek (Editor), Andrew Short (Editor), Short Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2020
• EAN: 9780081029275
• ISBN: 978-0-08-102927-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 1290 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, The environment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Science / Environmental Science, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas)