Explore how coastlines evolve over centuries, shaped by waves, tides, and shifting sands. This volume traces the East Anglia coastline and Holderness, showing how natural forces and human interventions interact to alter shorelines.
Through detailed case studies and maps, the book explains how headlands, beaches, and offshore bars influence erosion and deposition. It discusses how breaches, dunes, and sea defenses can transform low-lying lands and coastal towns over time.
- How long-term wave action and shoreline retreat reshape coastlines
- How sand and shingle move along the shore and build or erase beaches
- How breaches and dune systems threaten or protect inland areas
- How human works, like groynes and sea walls, affect natural sand supply and land loss
Ideal for readers curious about why coastlines look the way they do and how towns come to lie where they do.