Dynamics of Marine Sands

Dynamics of marine sands' specifically deals with coastal and offshore sea areas, as well as rivers and estuaries, for sand and gravel sediments. The book presents a convenient and useable introduction to sediment processes in a form that is accessible to a wide readership. Contents: Introduction, including sections on a general procedure and errors and sensitivities; Properties of water and sand; Currents; Waves; Combined waves and currents; Threshold of motion; Bed features; Suspended sediment; Bedload transport; Total load transport; Morphodynamics and scour; Handling the wave-current climate; Case studies.