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"ENCYCLOPEDIA of COASTAL SCIENCE", "Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series". Volume Editor Maurice Schwartz is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States. He served near the end of his tenure as Dean of the Graduate School and Bureau for Faculty Research. As an author of numerous articles in coastal geology literature, he was editor of Spits and Bars (Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1972), Barrier Islands (Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1973), Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments (Hutchinson Ross, 1982), and co-edited with Eric Bird The Worlds Coastline (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985). Advisory Board: Eric Bird Geostudies, 343 Beach Road Black Rock Victoria 3193 Melbourne Australia Charles W. Finkl CPE Coastal Geology and Geomatics 2481 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd. Bacon Raton FL 33431 USA Saskia Jelgersma Elzenlaan 6 Bergen aan Zee 1865 BM The Netherlands Dieter H. Kelletat Universitt-GH Essen FB9-Physiogeographie Universitaetsstrasse 15 Essen 1 D-45117 Germany Nicholas C. Kraus U.S. Army, Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory Vicksburg MS 39180 USA Paolo A. Pirazzoli CNRS - Laboratoire de Geographie Physique 1 Place Aristide Briand 92195 Meudon cedex France Aim of the Series: The Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all main areas in Earth Sciences. Each volume comprises a focused and carefully chosen collection of contributions from leading names, with copious illustrations and reference lists. These books represent one of the world's leading resources for the Earth Sciences community. Previous volumes are being updated and new works published so that the volumes will continue to be essential reading for all professional earth scientists, geologists, geophysicists, climatologists, and oceanographers as well as teachers and students. See the back of this volume for a current list of titles in the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Go to www.eseo.com to visit "Earth Sciences Encyclopedia Online" - the online version of this Encyclopedia Series. About the Editors: Professor Rhodes W. Fairbridge has edited more than 30 Encyclopedias in the Earth Sciences Series. During his career, he worked as a petroleum geologist in the Middle East, was an WWII intelligence officer in the SW Pacific and led expeditions to the Sahara, Arctic Canada, Arctic Scandinavia, Brazil and New Guinea. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Geology at Columbia University and affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Professor Michael Rampino has published more than 100 papers in professional journals including Science, Nature, and Scientific American. He worked in diverse fields such as volcanology, planetary science, sedimentology, and climate studies, and did field work on six continents. He is currently Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at New York University and a consultant at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH SCIENCES SERIES ENCYCLOPEDIA of COASTAL SCIENCE Edited by MAURICE L. 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