Contents

Contents : ocean frontiers; land and sea; restless rocks; currents, waves and tides; pebbles, shingles and sand; living shores; coastal erosion; sediment and silt; ice bound; drowned coasts; fire from the sea; coral kingdoms; battered by storms; the human factor; coastal defences; new land from the sea; climate change; wind and wave power; coastal futures; glossary; further information; index;