The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing
environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas, they are of enormous importance to …

As defined in this chapter, an estuary forms during a shoreline transgression and then fills
during a progradational phase that is transitional to a delta. The spatial distribution of …

This review highlights recent work in coastal geomorphology that challenges existing
wisdom, breaks new ground or contributes in some way to wider principles. Sediment …

Centuries of coastal development has led to the loss of saltmarsh extent worldwide. As
marshes are shrinking, scientific understanding of marsh expansion and erosion processes …

Coastal and estuarine landforms provide a physical template that not only accommodates
diverse ecosystem functions and human activities, but also mediates flood and erosion risks …

Some of the striking results of the papers published in the special publication “French
Incised valleys, estuaries and lagoons” of the Bulletin de la Société géologique de France …

The late-Quaternary relative sea-level (RSL) history of Ireland is complex, positioned at the
margins of the former British-Irish Ice Sheet, and subject to the influence of ice unloading …

The 165 year morphological evolution of the Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary and its long-term
equilibrium characteristics have been investigated using 16 selected maritime charts from …

Abstract The Assu Incised Valley (AIV) is a new example of an incised-valley system located
on the Brazilian Equatorial continental shelf. This valley extends over 40 km from the present …

A combination of morphobathymetric studies, very high-resolution seismics, core sampling
and radiocarbon age data is used to investigate the latest stage of the sedimentary infilling …