Waves, Tides, and Shallow-Water Processes

By Open University, Unive Open, Unive Open

Book Overview

This is the fourth Volume of the six Volume Open University set. Each Volume is used by students as a relevant part of the Open University course in the UK, but designed so that it can equally be used as an individual text book. This Volume describes waves, their measurement and characteristics, their behaviour in shallow water and unusual waves. It also considers mainly theoretical aspects of sediment movement and deposition of currents, wave estuaries, and the interaction of waves, tides and river flow in deltas. Concludes with a look at shelf-sea processes and their mineral resources. Each Volume in this set is well laid out and copiously illustrated with full colour photographs, graphs and graphics. Questions to help develop arguments and/or understanding can be found in the text and at the end of each chapter, with worked answers provided at the back of each Volume. Each chapter also concludes with a summary to help consolidate understanding before the next chapter is begun.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080363725
• ISBN13: 9780080363721
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
• Length: 150 Pages

Customer Reviews

Good Book, Easy to Read ! A lot of images.

A lot of images, illustrations to describ the ocean waves and tides. Readers in any level can read it. Good reference book!

A Better Understanding of the Coastal Environment

As one of the Open University Oceanography Series, this book offers an excellent introduction to the physical processes operating in the nearshore and immediate offshore environments of the coastal zone. With a particular emphasis on the relationship between process and form, this work covers essential ideas and practical applications for university level instructors and students interested in the coastal environment. The book material is straightforward, readable, and offers the opportunity to develop fundamental research questions at a variety of levels. Best of all, it's a well-organized work at an affordable price.