The Spanish Coastal Systems Dynamic Processes, Sediments and Managem
This monograph presents the state of art of the geologic knowledge about the Spanish coast obtained through scientific research in the last 30 years.From a general point of view, coasts are the most quickly changing systems of the Earth. This is critical,
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The Spanish Coastal Systems Dynamic Processes, Sediments and Management
The Spanish Coastal Systems
Juan A. Morales Editor
The Spanish Coastal Systems Dynamic Processes, Sediments and Management
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Editor Juan A. Morales Department of Earth Sciences University of Huelva Huelva, Spain
ISBN 978-3-319-93168-5 ISBN 978-3-319-93169-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93169-2
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I dedicate this book to my grandfather, Juan González, who made me questioning the dynamics of my surrounding world.
Preface
During the 30 years of my profession, I was interested in visiting all the coasts of Spain. My training as Doctor in Coastal Geology allowed me to observe and interpret many of the features I saw in these coasts, because I read about its currents, waves, and tides before visiting them. In addition, it was in the year 2000 when the Spanish Littoral Geomorphology Conference (GeoLit) began to be held every two years. Since then there was a meeting point for researchers and professionals who investigate the sedimentological and geomorphological processes that shape the coast. In the framework of these conferences, the coastal researchers had every two years scientific encounters to make a tuning about the investigations conducted during that period. The place of each conference was elected among the different tracks, trying to complete the entire Spanish Coast. In the conference field trips, not only we have gone through many coasts of Spain which have been explained by scientists who have studied them, but that we have also created a family among all those who
