TY - BOOK ID - 4863789 TI - Sand and Gravel Spits AU - Randazzo, Giovanni. AU - Jackson, Derek W.T. AU - Cooper, J. Andrew G. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319137162 3319137158 9783319137155 3319137166 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Geography. KW - Geomorphology. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Coastal Sciences. KW - Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. KW - Natural Hazards. KW - Historical Geology. KW - Geology. KW - Physical geography. KW - Géographie KW - Géologie KW - Géographie physique KW - Sand. KW - Gravel. KW - Quartz sand KW - Climate change. KW - Historical geology. KW - Geophysics. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Coasts. KW - Aggregates (Building materials) KW - Sediments (Geology) KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Geography KW - Geology KW - Natural calamities KW - Disasters KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Coastal landforms KW - Coastal zones KW - Coastlines KW - Landforms KW - Seashore KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Physics KW - Geomorphic geology KW - Physiography KW - Physical geography KW - Environmental aspects KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4863789 AB - 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 nearshore 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. ER -