Opis: Coastal Karst Landforms

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development, comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline/paleoshoreline settings.Foreword Preface Part I. Principles of coastal karst development Pseudokarst caves in the littoral environment Erosional and depositional textures and structures in coastal karst landscapes Hydrology and geochemistry of the freshwater lens in coastal karst Coastal karst development in carbonate rocks The biological and archaeological significance of coastal caves and karst features Coastal cave and karst resource management Part II . Selected case studies in coastal cave and karst development Caves and karst of the Bahama Islands Tafoni cave development in the Bahamas Coastal caves and karst of the Puerto Rican Islands Caves and karst of Barbados Cave development and patterns of caves and cave systems in the eogenetic coastal karst of southern Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) Rodrigues -an Indian Ocean Island Calcarenite: Its history, study and management Caves and karst hydrogeology of the Mariana Islands Littoral cave development on the western U.S. coast Climatic influences on coastal cave and karst development in Florida Overview of the controls on eogenetic cave and karst development in Quintana Roo, Mexico Telogenetic limestones and island karst Australian examples of coastal caves Glossary Index

Szczegóły: Coastal Karst Landforms

Tytuł: Coastal Karst Landforms
Wydawnictwo: Springer Verlag
ISBN: 9789400750159
Rok wydania: 2013
Ilość stron: 442
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.11 kg

Recenzje: Coastal Karst Landforms