Dalmatian Coasts
A Dalmatian coast is a prototype of a primary coast by ingression of the rising postglacial sea into a relief of coast-parallel anticlines and synclines from a young orogenesis (Holmes, 1965; Kelletat, 1995; Jackson, 1997), and is named after the landscape of Dalmatia (Croatia, former Yugoslavia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean). This type of coastline is very rare, a major example may be the Island of Sumatra with the Mentawai Islands strongly parallel in the Indian Ocean. More resistant elongated cuestas may build the island chains instead of anticlines. The narrow channels between these long islands are called “vallone” or “canale” (from the Italian word for channel or valley), and the Dalmatian coast therefore is named a canale- or vallone-coast, as well (Figure D1). The coastlines of the central part of Croatia, built up mostly by Mesozoic limestones, show only very little forming by true littoral processes. Beaches are missing as well as extended cliffs. The first...
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Submerging Coasts
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Asia, Eastern, Coastal Geomorphology
Beach Erosion
Deltas
Erosion Processes
Estuary
Hydrology of Coastal Zone
Submerging Coasts
Cross-references
Coastal Subsidence
Dams, Effect on Coasts
Deltas
Dikes
Estuaries
Eustasy
Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Mangroves, Ecology
Salt Marsh
Sea-Level Rise, Effect
Wetlands
Cross-references
Changing Sea Levels
Coastal Sedimentary Facies
Deltaic Ecology
Ingression, Regression, and Transgression
Late Quaternary Marine Transgression
Sea-Level Changes During the Last Millenium
Sea-Level Rise, Effect
Sedimentary Basins
Sequence Stratigraphy
Submerging Coasts
Wetlands
Cross-references
Beach Use and Behaviors
Carrying Capacity in Coastal Areas
Coastal Zone Management
Conservation of Coastal Sites
Economic Value of Beaches
Environmental Quality
Global Vulnerability Analysis
Human Impact on Coasts
Meteorologic Effects on Coasts
Natural Hazards
Small Islands
Tourism and Coastal Development
Water Quality
Cross-references
Cross-Shore Sediment Transport
Cross-Shore Variation of Grain Size on Beaches
Dynamic Equilibrium of Beaches
Littoral
Net Transport
Numerical Modeling
Cross-references
Beach Erosion
Beach Processes
Beach Sediment Characteristics
Depth of Closure on Sandy Coasts
Waves
Cross-references
Demography of Coastal Populations
Environmental Quality
Human Impact on Coasts
Water Quality
Cross-references
Africa, Coastal Ecology
Africa, Coastal Geomorphology
Asia, Middle East, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
Australia, Coastal Ecology
Australia, Coastal Gemorphology
Coastal Climate
Indian Ocean Coasts, Coastal Ecology
Indian Ocean Coasts, Coastal Geomorphology
Meteorologic Effects on Coasts
Middle America, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology
North America, Coastal Ecology
North America, Coastal Geomorphology
Cross-references
Beach Nourishment
Beach Use and Behaviors
Coastal Zone Management
Demography of Coastal Populations
Economic Value of Beaches
Human Impact on Coasts
Sea-Level Rise, Effect
Shore Protection Structures
Small Islands
Tourism and Coastal Development
Cross-references
Cheniers
Coastal Subsidence
Geotextile Applications
Hydrology of Coastal Zone
Meteorologic Effects
Polders
Sea-Level Rise Effect
Shore Protection Structures
Storm Surge
Tides
Waves
Cross-references
Bars
Beach Features
Beach Processes
Reflective Beaches
Sandy Coasts
Surf Zone Processes
Waves
Cross-references
Beach Nourishment
Bypassing at Littoral Drift Barriers
Capping of Contaminated Coastal Areas
Engineering Applications of Coastal Geomorphology
Environmental Quality
Human Impact on Coasts
Mining of Coastal Materials
Reclamation
Water Quality
Cross-references
Barrier Islands
Barrier
Bay Beaches
Cross-Shore Sediment Transport
Cuspate Forelands
Longshore Sediment Transport
Spits
Cross-references
Beach Erosion
Beach Features
Debris, Onshore and Offshore
Human Impact on Coasts
Natural Hazards
Cross-references
Beach Features
Beach Ridges
Cheniers
Cross-Shore Sediment Transport
Drift and Swash Alignments
Eolianite
Eolian Processes
Sandy Coasts
Cross-references
Beach Erosion
Beach Processes
Changing Sea Levels
Coastal Changes, Gradual
Coastal Changes, Rapid
Coastal Subsidence
Depth of Closure on Sandy Coasts
Profiling, Beach
Strom Surge
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Kelletat, D. et al. (2005). D. In: Schwartz, M.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_4
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