SAND AND GRAVEL SPITS by Giovanni Randazzo (Editor), Derek Jackson (Editor) ( 9783319376615 )

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Title:

SAND AND GRAVEL SPITS

By:

Giovanni Randazzo (Editor), Derek Jackson (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£89.99
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ISBN 10:

3319376616

ISBN 13:

9783319376615

Publisher:

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

Pub. date:

13 October, 2016

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

Series:

Coastal Research Library 12

Pages:

344

Synopsis:

This book draws together a series of studies of spit geomorphology and temporal evolution from around the world. The volume offers some unique insights into how these landforms are examined scientifically and how we as humans impact them, offering a global perspective on spit genesis and evolution.Spits are unique natural environments whose evolution is linked to the adjacent coast and near shore morphology, sediment supply, coastal dynamics and sea-level change. Over the past century, Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) has risen by 10 to 20 centimetres and many coastal spits represent the first sentinel against coastal submersion.Scientific research indicates that sea levels worldwide have been rising at a rate of 3.5 millimetres per year since the early 1990s, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years. This trend, linked to global warming will undoubtedly cause major changes in spit morphology.Spits are highly mobile coastal landforms that respond rapidly to environmental change. They therefore represent a signature of past environmental change and provide a landform indicator of climate change.

Illustrations:

6 Tables, black and white; 96 Illustrations, color; 46 Illustrations, black

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Springer International Publishing AG

Returns:

Returnable

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