May, V.J. & Hansom, J.D. 2003. Coastal Geomorphology of Great Britain, Geological Conservation Review Series No. 28. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 4840.
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Acknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Preface
1 An introduction to the coastal geomorphology of Great Britain
Introduction
Organization of this volume
Coastal research in Britain
The geological background
The coastal marine environment: tides, waves, surges and currents
Coastal sediment supply and sediments cells
Sea-level history
Coastal management and coastal engineering
Further reading
GCR site selection guidelines
Anthropogenic influences and the GCR
Legal protection of the GCR sites
GCR site selection in conclusion
2 The geomorphology of the coastal cliffs of Great Britain
Introduction
Inland and coastal cliffs
Coastal slope processes
Processes of marine erosion of cliffs and shore platforms
The form of coastal cliffs
Geological controls on cliff form
Characteristic medium-scale features of cliffs
Influence of inland topography on cliff form
Shore platforms
Evidence of inheritance
Sea cliffs as biological SSSIs and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
3 Hard-rock cliffs — GCR site reports
Introduction
Villians of Hamnavoe, Shetland
Duncansby to Skirza Head, Caithness
Tarbat Ness, Ross and Cromarty
Loch Maddy–Sound of Harris Coastline, Western Isles
Northern Islay, Argyll and Bute (Potential GCR site)
Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire
South Pembroke Cliffs, Pembrokeshire
4 Soft-rock cliffs — GCR site reports
Introduction
Blue Anchor–Watchet–Lilstock, Somerset
Lyme Regis to Golden Cap, Dorset
Beachy Head to Seaford Head, East Sussex
Joss Bay (GCR Name: Foreness Point), Kent
Holderness (Potential GCR Site), Yorkshire
5 Beaches, spits, barriers and dunes — an introduction
Introduction
Provenance of beach sediments
Coastal sediment movements
Beach plan
Beach profiles
Beach states
Bars and troughs
Lateral grading
Prograding beaches
Beach ridges
Spits, tombolos and cuspate forelands
Coastal barriers
Coastal dunes
6 Causes of beach and dune erosion 6 Gravel and 'shingle' beaches — GCR site reports
Introduction
Westward Ho! Cobble Beach, Devon
Slapton Sands and Hallsands, Devon
Budleigh Salterton Beach, Devon
The Ayres of Swinister, Shetland
The West Coast of Jura, Argyll and Bute
Orfordness and Shingle Street, Suffolk
7 Sandy beaches and dunes — GCR site reports
Introduction
Upton and Gwithian Towans, Cornwall
Luce Sands, Dumfries and Galloway
Torrisdale Bay and Invernaver, Sutherland
8 Sand spits and tombolos — GCR site reports
Introduction
East Head (Chichester Harbour), West Sussex
Introduction
Machir Bay, Islay, Argyll and Bute
Eoligarry, Barra, Western Isles
Ardivachar to Stoneybridge, South Uist, Western Isles
Hornish and Lingay Strands (Machairs Robach and Newton)
Luskentyre and Corran Sellebost, Harris, Western Isles
Mangersta, Lewis, Western Isles
Tràigh na Berie, Lewis, Western Isles
Introduction
Culbin, Moray (see also Chapter 11)
Morrich More, Ross and Cromarty (see also Chapter 11)
Keyhaven Marsh, Hurst Castle, Hampshire
Solway Firth (north shore), Dumfries and Galloway
Upper Solway flats and marshes (south shore), Cumbria
Cree Estuary, Outer Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway
Loch Gruinart, Islay, Argyll and Bute
11 Coastal assemblage GCR sites
Introduction
Morrich More, Ross and Cromarty
Carmarthen Bay, Carmarthenshire
The Coast of Caernarfon Bay (Newborough Warren and Morfa Dinlle)
Newborough Warren, Isle of Anglesey
The Dorset Coast: Peveril Point to Furry Cliff
Index