Title: Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms
Abstract: Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms is an account of the various kinds of coastal morphology found on the world's coastlines.It is presented in 224 chapters, based on national, state, or county divisions, and arranged in a sequence that proceeds counterclockwise around the continents.Th e sequence begins with Alaska, proceeds around North America to Arctic Canada, then Greenland and fi nally, Iceland.Another counterclockwise sequence begins with Norway and proceeds by way of Europe and the Mediterranean around Africa to India, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and the Pacifi c and Arctic coasts of Russia.Interruptions are made at appropriate points to include the Great Lakes, the Caspian Sea, and islands such as Britain, Madagascar, and Japan.Th e sequence is completed with the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the islands of the Pacifi c, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and fi nally Antarctica.Th is work was preceded by Th e World's Coastline, edited by Eric C. F. Bird and Maurice L. Schwartz and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, in 1985