This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the worlds coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform.

Table of Contents

• Index Maps
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• 1.0 USA - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 1.1 Alaska Jesse Walker; Molly McGraw
• 1.2 Washington Maurice Schwartz; Thomas Terich
• 1.3 Oregon Paul D. Komar
• 1.4 California Eric Bird
• 1.5 Texas Robert Morton
• 1.6 Louisiana Ioannis Georgiou; Mark Kulp; Michael Miner; Duncan FitzGerald
• 1.7 Mississippi Ervin Otvos
• 1.8 Alabama Ervin Otvos
• 1.9 Florida Charles Finkl
• 1.10 Georgia Miles Hayes
• 1.11 South Carolina Miles Hayes
• 1.12 North Carolina Stanley R. Riggs
• 1.13 Atlantic Coast Central (USA) (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey) Eric Bird
• 1.14 New York and New England Henry Bokuniewicz
• 1.15 Great Lakes (USA) Mary-Louise Byrne
• 1.16 Hawaii Charles H. Fletcher; Eden J. Feirstein
• 2.0 Canada - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 2.1 British Columbia John J. Clague
• 2.2 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Eric Bird
• 2.3 Gulf of St. Lawrence Eric Bird
• 2.4 Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Islands Jean-Marie M. Dubois
• 2.5 Newfoundland Eric Bird
• 2.6 Northern Canada Wayne Pollard
• 2.7 Great Lakes (Canada) Mary-Louise Byrne
• 3.0 Pacific Central America - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 3.1 Mexico, Pacific Coast Mario Gutiérrez-Estrada; Mario Arturo Ortiz-Perez
• 3.2 Pacific Coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 3.3 Pacific Coast of Colombia Iván Correa; Robert Morton
• 4.0 South America - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 4.1 Ecuador H. Ayon; W Jara
• 4.2 Peru Vidal Taype Ramos; Eric Bird
• 4.3 Chile José Araya-Vergara
• 4.4 Argentina Enrique Schnack; Jorge Pousa; Germán Bértola; Federico Isla
• 4.5 Uruguay Eric Bird
• 4.6 Brazil Dieter Muehe
• 4.7 French Guiana J. Turenne
• 4.8 Surinam Norbert Psuty
• 4.9 Guyana Eric Bird
• 4.10 Venezuela L. Ellenberg
• 4.11 Caribbean Coast of Colombia Iván Correa; Robert Morton
• 4.12 Caribbean Coasts, Panama to Belize Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 4.13 Mexico, Caribbean Coast Mario Gutiérrez-Estrada; Mario Arturo Ortiz-Perez
• 5.0 Caribbean Islands - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 5.1 Cuba Ridel Rodríguez
• 5.2 Jamaica John Norrman; Tommy Lindell
• 5.3 Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 5.4 Puerto Rico Jack Morelock; Wilson Ramirez; Maritza Barreto
• 5.4.1 Virgin Islands Maurice Schwartz
• 5.5 Lesser Antilles Gillian Cambers
• 6.0 Atlantic Ocean Islands - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 6.1 Bahamas Alan K. Craig
• 6.2 Bermuda Eric Bird
• 6.3 Greenland Eric Bird
• 6.4 Iceland Eggert Larusson
• 6.5 Other Atlantic Ocean Islands Jim Hansom
• 7.0 British Isles - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 7.1 England and Wales Eric Bird
• 7.2 Cumbria Eric Bird
• 7.3 Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire Eric Bird
• 7.4 The Isle of Man Eric Bird
• 7.5 North Wales and Anglesey Eric Bird
• 7.6 West Wales Eric Bird
• 7.7 South Wales Eric Bird
• 7.7.1 The Severn Estuary Eric Bird
• 7.8 Gloucestershire, Somerset and North Devon Eric Bird
• 7.9 Cornwall
• 7.9.1 The North Coast of Cornwall Eric Bird
• 7.9.2 The South Coast of Cornwall Eric Bird
• 7.10 Isles of Scilly Eric Bird
• 7.11 South Devon Eric Bird
• 7.11 South Devon Eric Bird
• 7.12 Dorset Eric Bird
• 7.13 Hampshire Eric Bird
• 7.14 Isle of Wight Eric Bird
• 7.15 Sussex Eric Bird
• 7.16 Kent Eric Bird
• 7.17 Essex Eric Bird
• 7.18 Suffolk Eric Bird
• 7.19 Norfolk Eric Bird
• 7.20 Lincolnshire Eric Bird
• 7.21 Yorkshire Eric Bird
• 7.22 Durham, Tyne and Wear Eric Bird
• 7.23 Northumberland Eric Bird
• 7.24 Scotland William Ritchie; Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.1 South-East Scotland William Ritchie
• 7.24.2 Fife William Ritchie
• 7.24.3 Angus and Aberdeenshire William Ritchie
• 7.24.4 Fraserburgh to Moray Firth and Duncansby Head William Ritchie
• 7.24.5 The Orkney and Shetland Islands Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.6 North and North West Scotland (Duncansby Head to Cape Wrath and Fort William) Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.7 The Inner Hebrides Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.8 The Outer Hebrides Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.9 Fort William to the Clyde Alastair Dawson
• 7.24.10 South-West Scotland William Ritchie
• 7.25 Northern Ireland Eric Bird
• 7.26 Ireland Eric Bird
• 7.27 Channel Islands Eric Bird
• 8.0 Europe - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 8.1 Norway Tormod Klemsdal
• 8.1.1 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Tormod Klemsdal
• 8.2 Sweden John Norrman
• 8.3 Finland Jouko Alestalo; Olavi Granö
• 8.3.1 Russian Gulf of Finland Alexey Porotov
• 8.4 Estonia Kaarel Orviku; Are Kont; Hannes Tõnisson
• 8.5 Latvia Guntis Eberhards; Viktor Brenners
• 8.6 Lithuania Eric Bird
• 8.7 Kaliningrad Alexey Porotov
• 8.8 Poland Karol Rotnicki; Joanna Rotnicka
• 8.9 Germany Klaus Schwarzer; Horst Sterr
• 8.10 Denmark Troels Aagaard
• 8.11 The Netherlands Eric Bird
• 8.12 Belgium Guy De Moor; André Ozer; Irénée Heyse
• 8.13 France
• 8.13.1 North Coast of France Eric Bird
• 8.13.2 West Coast of France Eric Bird
• 8.13.3 Mediterranean France Eric Bird
• 8.13.4 Corsica Eric Bird
• 8.14 Spain Eric Bird
• 8.14.1 Gibraltar Eric Bird
• 8.15 Portugal Carlos Morais
• 8.16 Italy Paolo Ciavola
• 8.16.1 Sardinia Eric Bird
• 8.16.2 Sicily Paolo Ciavola
• 8.17 Malta George Said; John Schembri
• 8.18 Slovenia Roger Charlier
• 8.19 Croatia Roger Charlier
• 8.20 Bosnia-Herzegovina Roger Charlier
• 8.21 Montenegro Roger Charlier
• 8.22 Albania Yurii Shuisky
• 8.23 Greece Eric Bird
• 8.24 Crete Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 8.25 Bulgaria Eric Bird
• 8.26 Romania Roger Charlier; Constance Charlier
• 8.27 Ukraine Yurii Shuisky
• 8.28 Sea of Azov Eric Bird
• 8.29 Republic of Georgia Pavel Kaplin; Andrei Selivanov
• 9.0 Russian Federation - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 9.1 Russian Gulf of Finland Alexey Porotov
• 9.2 Russian Black Sea Coast Pavel Kaplin; Andrei Selivanov
• 9.3 The Pacific Coast of Russia Pavel Kaplin; Andrei Selivanov
• 9.4 The Arctic Coast of Russia Andrei Selivanov
• 9.5 Russian Caspian Coast Svetlana Lukyanova
• 9.6 Kaliningrad Alexey Porotov
• 10.0 Middle East - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 10.1 Turkey Oguz Erol
• 10.2 Cyprus Yaacov Nir
• 10.3 Syria Eric Bird
• 10.4 Lebanon Eric Bird
• 10.5 Israel (with the Gaza Strip) Yaacov Nir
• 11.0 Caspian and Aral Seas - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 11.1 Iran - Caspian Sea Coast Eric Bird
• 11.2 Turkmenistan Andrei Selivanov
• 11.3 Kazakhstan Andrei Selivanov
• 11.4 Russian Caspian Coast Svetlana Lukyanova
• 11.5 Azerbaijan Pavel Kaplin; Andrei Selivanov; Svetlana Lukyanova
• 11.6 Aral Sea Eric Bird
• 12.0 North Africa - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 12.1 Egypt (Mediterranean) Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 12.2 Libya Maurice Schwartz
• 12.3 Tunisia Eric Bird
• 12.4 Algeria M. Larid
• 12.5 Morocco Anja Scheffers
• 13.0 West Africa - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 13.1 Mauritania Don Vermeer
• 13.2 Senegal and Gambia André Guilcher
• 13.3 Guinea Bissau E.S. Diop
• 13.4 Republic of Guinea E.S. Diop
• 13.5 Sierra Leone Eric Bird
• 13.6 Liberia Eric Bird
• 13.7 Ivory Coast Anja Scheffers
• 13.8 Ghana L.A. Dei
• 13.9 Togo and Benin André Guilcher
• 13.10 Nigeria Etop Usoro
• 13.11 Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea Maurice Schwartz
• 13.12 Gabon, Congo, Cabinda and Zaïre P. Giresse
• 13.13 Angola André Guilcher
• 13.14 Namibia Eric Bird; A. Goudie; H. Viles
• 14.0 South Africa - Introduction Gerald G. Garland
• 14.1 South Africa Andrew Cooper
• 15.0 East Africa - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 15.1 Mozambique Maria Eugénia Soares Albergaria de Moreira
• 15.2 Tanzania Eric Bird
• 15.3 Kenya Francis Ojany
• 15.4 Somalia and Djibouti Eric Bird
• 15.5 Eritrea Eric Bird
• 15.6 Sudan Eric Bird
• 15.7 Egypt, Red Sea Coast Anja Scheffers; Tony Browne
• 15.8 Jordan Yaacov Nir
• 16.0 South-West Asia - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 16.1 Saudi Arabia, Red Sea Coast Eric Bird
• 16.2 Yemen Eric Bird
• 16.3 Southern Arabia and Oman Eric Bird
• 16.4 United Arab Emirates Eric Bird
• 16.5 Qatar Eric Bird
• 16.6 Bahrein Eric Bird
• 16.7 Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf Coast Eric Bird
• 16.8 Kuwait and Iraq Eric Bird
• 16.9 Iran Rodman E. Snead
• 17.0 South Asia - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 17.1 Pakistan Rodman E. Snead
• 17.2 India G. N. Nayak; P. T. Hanamgond
• 17.3 Sri Lanka Eric Bird
• 17.4 Bangladesh Rodman E. Snead
• 17.5 Burma (Myanmar) Kyaw Saw Lynn
• 18.0 Indian Ocean Islands - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 18.1 Madagascar Jean-Michel Lebigre
• 18.2 Indian Ocean Islands Wong Poh Poh
• 19.0 South-East Asia - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 19.1 Thailand Andaman Sea Coast Sanit Aksornkoae; Eric Bird
• 19.2 Malaysia - Introduction Teh Tiong Sa; Yap Hui Boon
• 19.3 Singapore Wong Poh Poh
• 19.3.1 Thailand: Gulf of Thailand Coast Sanit Aksornkoae; Eric Bird
• 19.4 Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) Gabriel Yong
• 19.5 Cambodia Eric Bird
• 19.6 Vietnam D. Eisma
• 19.7 Philippines Eric Bird
• 19.8 Indonesia Otto Ongkosongo
• 19.9 East Timor Wong Poh Poh
• 19.10 Papua New Guinea Eric Bird
• 20.0 East Asia - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 20.1 China Chen Jiyu; Liu Cangzi; Dai Zhijun; Yu Zhiying
• 20.2 Taiwan John R.C. Hsu
• 20.3 North Korea D. Eisma
• 20.4 South Korea D. Eisma
• 20.5 Japan Kazuyuki Koike
• 21.0 Australia - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 21.1 New South Wales Bruce Thom
• 21.1.1 Lord Howe Island - (New South Wales) Eric Bird
• 21.1.2 Norfolk Island Eric Bird
• 21.2 Queensland David Hopley; Scott Smithers
• 21.3 Northern Territory Eric Bird
• 21.4 Western Australia Ian Eliot; Eric Bird
• 21.5 South Australia C. R. Twidale; J. A. Bourne
• 21.6 Victoria Introduction Eric Bird
• 21.6.1 Victoria: The Western District (Discovery Bay to Mepunga) Eric Bird
• 21.6.2 Victoria: The Port Campbell Coast (Mepunga to Princetown) Eric Bird
• 21.6.3 Victoria: The Otways and South Bellarine Coast (Princetown to Point Lonsdale) Eric Bird
• 21.6.4 Victoria: Port Phillip Bay (Point Lonsdale to Point Nepean) Eric Bird
• 21.6.5 Victoria: The Nepean Ocean Coast (Point Nepean to West Head) Eric Bird
• 21.6.6 Victoria: Westernport Bay, with French Island and Phillip Island Eric Bird
• 21.6.7 South Gippsland, Wilsons Promontory and Corner Inlet Eric Bird
• 21.6.8 Victoria: The East Gippsland Coast (Corner Inlet to Cape Howe) Eric Bird
• 21.6.9 Victoria: The Gippsland Lakes Eric Bird
• 21.7 Tasmania Joanna Ellison
• 22.1 New Zealand Terry Healy
• 22.2 The Chatham Islands Eric Bird
• 23.0 Pacific Ocean Islands - Editorial Introduction Eric Bird
• 23.1 New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands Jean-Michel Lebigre; Eric Bird
• 23.2 Fiji Patrick Nunn
• 23.3 Society Islands André Guilcher
• 23.4 Other Pacific Islands Joanna Ellison
• 24.1 Antarctic Coast Eric Bird