Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Haslett, S. K. (2000) Coastal Systems, London and New York: Routledge. A comprehensive introductory text to the
coastline, with a good balance between coastal processes and coastal management studies. The latter reflect both
the cultural use of a wide variety of coastlines and the problems posed to them by sea-level change.
Woodroffe, C. D. (2003) Coasts: form, process and evolution, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. An outstanding
textbook that has more or less everything needed for a comprehensive understanding of coastal processes and systems,
very well illustrated, including many Australasian and Pacific case studies.
WEB RESOURCES
http://www.eucc.nl/en/index/htm T
he website of the European Coastal Union, providing access to the work of forty
countries sharing the European coastline (including the Black Sea) in terms of the integration of coastal and marine
environmental science, management, conservation, planning and policy.
http://thamesweb.com Th
is is the River Thames Partnership website, which covers all aspects of the physical and built
environment of the Thames estuary and its management, linking the towns and cities along its banks and their history
of river use. Flood defence, environmental quality, planning and events connected with the use of the river are at the
heart of the partnership and the website carries many useful hyperlinks.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/ A
treasure trove of a personal website, compiled by Ian West, covering the geology and
geomorphology of southern England's Wessex coast - including the World Heritage Dorset coast - and a few
miscellaneous sites elsewhere in the world. The site is packed with recent and historical landform photographs, air
photos and site maps and explanatory text, as well as photos of individual fossils from strata exposed by coastal erosion.
