In keeping with the theme of Chapter 20, these Web Links are designed to demonstrate just how exciting the discipline of geography is. These sites exemplify the many concepts presented in Coastal Processes and Terrain.
- Coastal Landforms from Space
This site uses remotely sensed images to illustrate coastal landforms. It also describes how these landforms were created.
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
Obtain information about coastal conservation and preservation from this Website. Learn about coastal change analysis research, the use of GIS in coastal conservation and management, and the use of remote sensing in coastal management.
- The Visible Earth: Coastal Processes
NASA's Visible Earth web site is a catalog of images and animations of earth processes and features.
- USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Investigate a variety of issues like sea-level change, corals. pollution at this site operated by the United States Geological Survey.
- Coasts in Crisis
This online publication's " purpose is to describe the importance of the earth sciences in an issue vital to our society: the deterioration of our ocean and Great Lakes shorelines and wetlands. "
