Introduction to Morphodynamics of Sedimentary Patterns
Paolo Blondeaux, Marco Colombini, Giovanni Seminara, Giovanna Vittori
This book provides a great introduction to morphodynamics and the many patterns we enjoy investigating. It is also a great initiative since the book is the first of a series of monograph that will focus on individual patterns. The University of Genoa is leading this initiative and the e-books are free!
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Coastal Storms: Processes and Impacts
Paolo Ciavola and Giovanni Coco
Many colleagues have contributed to this book and the overall result is a useful review of the state of the art in this field. A variety of environments are analyzed while the first chapters are devoted to the description of the key processes in action.
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https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Coastal+Storms%3A+Processes+and+Impacts-p-9781118937105
Coastal Dynamics (Open Textbook)
Judith Bosboom and Marcel Stive
This textbook on Coastal Dynamics focuses on the interrelation between physical wave, flow and sediment transport phenomena and the resulting morphodynamics of a wide variety of coastal systems. The textbook is unique in that it explicitly connects the dynamics of open coasts and tidal basins; not only is the interaction between open coasts and tidal basins of basic importance for the evolution of most coastal systems, but describing the similarities between their physical processes is highly instructive as well. This textbook emphasizes these similarities to the benefit of understanding shared processes such as nonlinearities in flow and sediment transport. Some prior knowledge with respect to the dynamics of flow, waves and sediment transport is recommended.
In the context of Delft University of Technology’s Open Textbook series this textbook is published as an Open Access version of lecture notes that have been developed to support and supplement a Delft University of Technology first year Master course on Coastal Dynamics.
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