Coastal Systems Research: Environments, Geomorphology and Sedimentary Processes
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2023) | Viewed by 12999
Special Issue Editors
2. CNR-IAS, National Research Council of Italy – Institute of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in Marine Environment, Oristano, Italy
Interests: sedimentology and morphology of transitional environments; atmospheric depositions; applied sedimentology; provenance of detrital minerals and rock-fragments
Interests: sedimentology; coastal morphodynamics; marine geology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main focus of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of recent advances in research on coastal systems composed of different morphological types and environments (i.e., barriers, dunes, lagoons, deltas and estuaries) that change rapidly in response to natural and anthropogenic processes.
These areas are an interface between the land and the sea, and are of great environmental and economic importance. During the last century, many coastal areas have experienced high anthropogenic pressure, leading to changes in the sedimentary budget and general loss of resilience which can trigger erosion of beaches, as well as the loss of dunes and wetlands. The consequences of these changes are the reduction of the capacity of coastal systems to protect coastal areas from extreme events and the loss of habitats. These processes will be further accelerated in the coming decades by the rise in sea level due to global climate change, which will involve the retreat and reorganization of coastal systems in ways that will depend on specific local conditions.
In this Special Issue, we welcome studies dealing with, but not limited to, the following topics: the functioning of coastal systems, including coastal morphodynamics, sediment budgets, bio-geomorphology and coastal management applications.
The Special Issue is therefore situated in the wide scientific literature existing on coastal systems and on the integrated management aspects related to it.
Dr. Emanuela Molinaroli
Dr. Giovanni De Falco
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coastal landforms
- coastal morphodynamics
- sedimentary budget
- coastal management
- sea level changes
- coastal processes
- coastal erosion
- lagoons/wetlands evolution
- coastal zone management
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