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An Introduction To Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure
An Introduction To Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure
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panied by 47 references, of which 19 are from
the 1990s; the most recent references are from
1997.
The principal value of the book lies in the
detailed analysis of systems for which little
information is otherwise available in English-
tional Senckenberg Conference on Hydrology,
Muddy Coast Dynamics Sedimentology, Geochemistry, and Ecology of
language scientific literature.Interesting chapters
focus on the hydrodynamics of Chawka Bay
and Resource Muddy Coasts,which was held in Wilhelmshaven,
Germany, 1–5 September 1997.
in Tanzania; impact on sea level rise on fisheries
Management The conference was a success, and this
resources in Cameroon;impacts of sea level rise
and human activities on the Pearl River delta
follow-up volume was produced to accommodate
B. W. FLEMMING, M. T. and the mouth of the Huanghe River in China;
the many manuscripts that could not be
DELAFOUNTAINE, AND G. LEIBNITZ and utilization of tidal flats in China.The
included in the main conference volume.
(EDITORS) European-focused chapters on various aspects
Elsevier Science B.V.,Amsterdam; ISBN 0-444- Burg W. Flemming, a member of SCOR Working of processes and distributions in the Wadden
50464-8 2000; 294 pp.; $154.50. Group 106, organized the Senckenberg confer- Sea, the Bodden Sea, the Wash, and the Targus
ence, and also served as the lead editor of the Estuary are well-executed case studies and
PAGE 209 companion volume. Ironically,the companion will be of interest to those desiring more gen-
Muddy coasts are land-sea transitional envi- volume was published 2 years ahead of the eral information on these systems, as well as
ronments common along low-energy shore- volume that contains the final SCOR results. details of the results of discipline-specific studies
lines around the world.They exist in climatic Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Man- in these environments.
settings and tidal regimes ranging from micro- agement consists of 21 chapters and is organized Overall, Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource
tidal to macro-tidal. Climatic warming and rel- into five sections focusing on hydrodynamics, sedi- Management is a well-edited and competently
ative sea level rise are likely to have a greater ment budgets,primary production and nutrients, illustrated volume.The book was produced
impact on low-lying muddy coasts and deltas salt marsh geochemistry, and sea level rise. on acid-free paper in an excellent manner to
than most other coastal environments.This The chapters are well-documented case studies ensure many years of use. Many of the chapters
was the working hypothesis of the Scientific of different coastal environments.A majority of could have been published in scientific journals
Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) the papers deal with either the Wadden Sea/ instead of in an edited book.This reference
Working Group 106,“Relative Sea Level and North Sea or the Bodden Sea/Baltic. However, volume is recommended reading for students
Muddy Coasts of the World,” which concluded there are also case studies from Tanzania, and researchers who wish to obtain more
its deliberations in the late 1990s. Cameroon, Portugal, the United Kingdom, detailed information on a number of specific
The main results of the working group appeared Korea, and three from China.Twelve of the coastal systems dominated by mud; it
in Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, chapters are written by German authors. Overall, complements the SCOR results published in
Deposits and Functions, edited by T. Healy,Y. however, resource management is not a focus Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits
Wang, and J.-A. Healy, and published by Elsevier of the book.The book’s most interesting chapter, and Functions.
Science B.V. in 2002. Muddy Coast Dynamics “Surface Erosion of Fine-grained Sediment
and Resource Management, the volume Revisited”by A.J.Mehta and T. M. Parchure, is the
discussed here, is a companion volume that only chapter that is more than a case study of —BJÖRN KJERFVE, University of South Carolina,
also grew out of the SCOR-sponsored Interna- a particular geographic location. It is accom- Columbia