Coastal and Estuarine Processes: 29 - Rilegato

Nielsen, Peter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 9812837116 ISBN 13: 9789812837110

Casa editrice: Imperial College Pr, 2009

Riassunto

This book is an introductory treatment to coastal and estuarine processes for earth scientists or engineers. Suitable for a first course on the subject, it covers topics such as water waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, tides in oceans and estuaries, storm surges, estuarine mixing, basic sediment transport, coastal morphodynamics and coastal groundwater dynamics.The book also contains a substantial amount of new material. For example, an explicit analysis of transient, forced long waves strongly enhances the discussion on tsunamis, storm surges and surf beat. The treatment of turbulent mixing includes finite mixing length effects, which provide an explanation for differential diffusion of different sediment sizes in suspension. The recently discovered effects of acceleration skewness and boundary layer streaming are also included in the basic sediment transport models. In addition, analysis of beach groundwater dynamics, including the mechanisms by which waves as well as tides drive groundwater motion, uncovers a link between the previously unconnected fields of coastal hydraulics and regional groundwater modeling.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Imperial College Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9812837116
• ISBN 13: 9789812837110
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 343
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile