Coastal stabilization / Richard Silvester, John R.C. Hsu. (Record no. 13364)
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| fixed length control field | 02546nam a2200253#a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | vtls000019608 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 230822s1997 xx 000 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | JPS |
| 090 00 - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) | |
| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | COASTAL |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | JPS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Silvester, Richard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1924- |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Coastal stabilization / Richard Silvester, John R.C. Hsu. |
| 260 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 578 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Advanced series on ocean engineering ; v. 14 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "First published as 'Coastal stabilization--innovative concepts', c1993, by Prentice Hall, Inc."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Coastal environment. State of beach erosion. Engineering approach. Wave generation. Wave forecasting. Wave kinetics. Wave transformations. Beach processes. Origin beaches and dunes.Wave climate. Sediment movement beyond breaker line. Lateral movement in surf zone. Longshore drift. Effects of tides. Effectsof ocean currents. Estuarine conditions. Cohesive soils. Shingle beaches. Marine cliffs. Engineering aspects of coastal geomorphology. Geormorphology of coasts. Crenulate shaped bays. Physiographic units. Barrier beaches. Coastal defense. Cause of erosion. Dune stabilization. Previous solutions. New concepts. Shingle beaches. Cohesive soils. Cliff recession. Sea level rise. Applications of headland control. Design of headlands. Salient behind single offshore breakwater. Straight shoreline. Eroding embayment. Barrier island and spit. Alternative to groin field. Midification to ofshore breakwaters. Beach renourishment. Beach downcoast of harbour construction. Artificial and recreational beaches. Man-made island. Effecs of maritime structures. Scour due to normal waves. Scour due to short-crested waves. Scour at tip of breakwater. Alternatives to normal breakwaters. Bern breakwaters. Barrier beach breakwaters. Geotextile construction. Submerged platform breakwaters. Bypassing mechanisms. Dredging. Land dredging plants. Trucking. Effect of jetties. Weir jetties. Jet pumping. Sand fluidization. Wave reflection. Upcoast accretion. What direction coastal engineering. Costs. Need for reappraisal. Waves. Beach processes. Geomorphology of coasts. Coastal defense. Effects of maritime structures. Alternative to normal breakwaters. Bypassing mechanisms. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | eng |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Coastal engineering |
| 650 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Marine sediment |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hsu, John R. C. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Monograf |
| 990 ## - EQUIVALENCES OR CROSS-REFERENCES [LOCAL, CANADA] | |
| Link information for 9XX fields | 1997 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| General Collections | JPS HQ Library | JPS HQ Library | Section - Coastal | 22/08/2023 | COASTAL | 1000025388 | 22/08/2023 | 22/08/2023 | Monograf |