Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 4 Marine and Coastal Processes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lollino, Giorgio (Editor), Manconi, Andrea (Editor), Locat, Jacques (Editor), Huang, Yu (Editor), Canals Artigas, Miquel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Oceanography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Physical Geography.

This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with the processes occurring on the coastal zone, which represents a critical interface between land and sea, as the contribution of the ocean to the provision of energy and mineral resources will likely increase in the coming decades. S...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Coastal and Offshore Geodisasters
• Part II Coasts at Threat: Causes and Consequences of Coastal Settlements and Maritime Transportation
• Part III Monitoring and Measurement of Seabed Dynamic Process
• Part IV Relative Land Subsidence in Transitional Coastal Environment: Causes, Effects, Quantification, Monitoring
• Part V Submarine Mass Movements: Hazards and Risk Assessment.