Product Description: Oceans, land, and atmosphere comprise three dynamic forces that contribute to the physical and ecological evolution of coastlines. Coasts are responsive systems, themselves dynamic with identifiable inputs and outputs of energy and material, and in providing home to more than half the world’s human population, they are where people frequently come into conflict with nature...read more

Product Description: This book presents geomorphological and sedimentological aspects of Holocene boulder ridges along the coastline of western Ireland (the Aran Islands and Galway Bay). Given these boulders’ size, extent and altitude, they are among the most spectacular deposits moved by marine forces worldwide and have challenged researchers to solve their enigmatic history...read more

Product Description: 'Basics of British Weather' gives a brief outline to the weather of Britain for the interested layperson, the school pupil studying GCSE and A Level, and the first year undergraduate studying geography and similar subjects at college or university...read more

Product Description: The rocks that occur around Usk in central Monmouthshire were deposited in a shallow sea during the Silurian geological period just over 400 million years ago. The fossils that are found within these rocks are famous for their diversity and preservation, and this booklet acts as an introductory guide...read more

Product Description: Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, and the impact on nuclear power facilities, coastal communities around the world are re-evaluating the potential risk from tsunami hazard. Although the coastline of Britain has experienced few large tsunami some have occurred, such as tsunami generated by the prehistoric Storegga submarine slide and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake...read more

Product Description: Professor Simon Haslett (University of Wales) investigates and explains the evolution of the beautiful landscape of the English county of Somerset. It is illustrated with the authors photographs and line diagrams. It is aimed at the interested lay-reader, School and University/College students studying Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, and also of interest in Archaeology and History...read more