Coastal Dynamics

This textbook on Coastal Dynamics focuses on the interrelation between physical wave, flow and sediment transport phenomena and the resulting morphodynamics of a wide variety of coastal systems. The textbook is unique in that it explicitly connects the dynamics of open coasts and tidal basins; not o...

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Main Authors: Bosboom, Judith (Author), Stive, Marcel J.F (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] TU Delft Open [2021]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Overview
  • 2 Large-scale geographical variation of coasts
  • 3 Ocean waves
  • 4 Global wave and tidal environments
  • 5 Coastal hydrodynamics
  • 6 Sediment transport
  • 7 Cross-shore transport and profile development
  • 8 Longshore transport and coastline changes
  • 9 Coastal inlets and tidal basins
  • 10 Coastal protection