Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems

by Richard A. Davis Jr.

Barrier islands represent a complex coastal system that includes a number of different sedimentary depositional environments; nearshore zone, beach, dunes, washover fans, marshes, tidal flats, estuaries, lagoons, and tidal inlets. The morphodynamics of these fragile coastal systems provide a further complication to this coastal type. Although barrier islands comprise only 15% of the world's coastline, they have received a far greater proportion of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642783627
• ISBN13: 9783642783623
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.0"