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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254021103321

Titolo

Atlas of Bedforms in the Western Mediterranean / / edited by Jorge Guillén, Juan Acosta, Francesco Latino Chiocci, Albert Palanques

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-33940-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 307 p. 157 illus., 141 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

551.41

Soggetti

Geomorphology

Oceanography

Sedimentology

Geophysics

Geophysics/Geodesy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Bedform analysis and main physical processes -- Bedforms in the coastal zone -- Bedforms in prodeltas and sorted bedforms -- Bedforms in the continental shelf -- Bedforms and benthos -- Bedforms in Submarine Canyons -- Slope and deep-sea bedforms.

Sommario/riassunto

This atlas illustrates the characteristics of present-day bedforms, from the shoreline to deep-sea environments, and it also includes short reviews of the main mechanisms that generate such bedforms. The atlas is aimed at the research community, in addition to students, the public at large and companies with interests in the marine environment. The book is divided into seven sections composed of a number of short chapters: 1) bedform analysis and the main physical processes, 2) bedforms in the coastal zone, 3) bedforms on prodeltas and sorted bedforms, 4) bedforms on the continental shelf, 5) bedforms and benthos, 6) bedforms in submarine canyons and 7) slope and deep-sea bedforms. This atlas offers a comprehensive, though not exhaustive, view of the diversity of bedforms and associated processes and of the morphological and temporal scales in the enclosed tideless western Mediterranean Sea.