Chapter 5: Morphology of Erosional and Accretionary Coasts

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Sea Cliff Erosion — Processes and Morphology

  • Episodic and localized nature of cliff recession

  • Mechanisms of toe erosion

  • Factors controlling toe erosion

  • Slope instabilities and mass movement

• Accretionary Coastal Landforms

  • The two-dimensional profiles of sand beaches: Form and variation

  • Three-dimensional sand beaches

  • Mixed sand and gravel beaches

• Summary and Conclusions

• References