Coastal
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Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment
State agency for dealing with coastal erosion and beach problems on the Central Coast of California.
CfA Space Geodesy Group
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/space_geodesy/SEALEVEL/
Information about the effects sea level change on coastal geomorphology from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Coastal and Nearshore Erosion
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/erosion.html
USGS research in coastal and nearshore erosion - El Nino, Hurricane Andrew, North Carolina, Oregon. Understanding the geological environment; changing weather patterns and cycles, and their effects on shorelines.
Coasts and Marine
http://www.dehaa.sa.gov.au/coasts/
Programs, policies, and legislation associated with the conservation, use and management of South Australia's marine and coastal environments.
Coping with Beach Erosion
http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/ero1.htm
Online pamphlet from UNESCO.
Sediment Transport of an Estuary
http://bellnetweb.brc.tamus.edu/sediment.htm
Learn about coastal deposits, the formation of deltas, and beach dynamics.
Slapton Sands South Devon, coastal erosion
http://uk.geocities.com/nainamynit/index.htm
Evidence and extent of the erosion threat at Slapton Sands South Devon.
The Vanishing of Venice (1938)
http://www.ulwaf.com/He-Usually/38vanishingvenice.html
Contemporary explanation of how the beach at Venice, California, was eroded by shoreline construction in the 1920s and 1930s.