Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal Lagoons [Paperback]

Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal Lagoons combines the authors personal and professional experience with the mass of available literature to present a cohesive overview of intertidal deposits and the widely diverse conditions of their formation worldwide. This includes the strong influence of water movements, climate, sediment particle characteristics, vegetation, fauna, and man.   Intertidal areas are important for many reasons both scientifically and economically and recently, a growing concern for conservation of these fragile regions strives to preserve and protect their natural balance. This book, written by an international expert in the field, concentrates on the more important intertidal areas distinguished by size and morphology, tidal range, the degree and type of vegetational cover, the amount and type of benthic fauna, the extent of human exploitation, and the degree of previous study.Introduction
Worldwide Distribution of Intertidal Areas
Tides
Zonation
Vegetation
Benthic Fauna
Sediment
Macrotidal Deposits
The Wash (North Sea)
Baie du Mont - St. Michel
Bassin d'Arcachon
Macrotidal River Estuaries, Rias, and Bays in Northwest Europe
Mozambique
Madagascar West Coast
Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay) and the Gulf of Kachchh (Kutch)
Ganges - Brahmaputra (Meghna) River Mouths
Irrawaddy River Delta
West Coast Korea
China: Jiangsu Coast
China: Chang Jiang River Mouth and Hangzhou Bay
China Southeast Coast: Intertidal Deposits in Embayments
Taiwan West Coast
Red River Mouths
King Sound, Cambridge Gulf (Northwest Australia)
North Australia
Broad Sound (Queensland)
Cook Inlet, Glacier Bay (Alaska)
Queen Charlotte Islands
Colorado River Delta Area
Bay of Fundy
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