Overview
- First time such a collection of works is brought together to examine global location of coastal spits
- Possible indicator environment for sea-level rise and other climate change impacts
- Paleo-indicator environment for climate change patterns
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 12)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book draws together a series of studies of spit geomorphology and temporal evolution from around the world. The volume offers some unique insights into how these landforms are examined scientifically and how we as humans impact them, offering a global perspective on spit genesis and evolution.
Spits are unique natural environments whose evolution is linked to the adjacent coast and near shore morphology, sediment supply, coastal dynamics and sea-level change. Over the past century, Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) has risen by 10 to 20 centimetres and many coastal spits represent the first sentinel against coastal submersion.
Scientific research indicates that sea levels worldwide have been rising at a rate of 3.5 millimetres per year since the early 1990s, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years. This trend, linked to global warming will undoubtedly cause major changes in spit morphology.
Spits are highly mobile coastal landforms that respond rapidly to environmental change. They therefore represent a signature of past environmental change and provide a landform indicator of climate change.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sand and Gravel Spits
Editors: Giovanni Randazzo, Derek W.T. Jackson, J. Andrew G. Cooper
Series Title: Coastal Research Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13716-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13715-5Published: 30 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37661-5Published: 13 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13716-2Published: 16 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 344
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 96 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geomorphology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Coastal Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Natural Hazards, Historical Geology