Coastal forces and coastline development - Coastal forces and coastline development

Japanese: 《海岸の営力と海岸線の発達》 - かいがんのえいりょくとかいがんせんのはったつ
Coastal forces and coastline development - Coastal forces and coastline development

…He became a professor at Columbia University in 1912. His book, Coastal Forces and the Development of the Coastline, published in 1919, dramatically advanced research into coastal geomorphology, which had been largely unexplored and lagging behind until then, and became known worldwide. His theory, which explains the development history of coastal geomorphology, including what forces act on the coastline and how they change as a result, was derived from field surveys of coasts in America and throughout Europe. …

*The following is a partial explanation of terms that refer to "Coastal dynamics and coastline development."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1912年からコロンビア大学教授。19年に刊行した《海岸の営力と海岸線の発達》は,それまでかなり未開拓で遅れていた海岸地形分野の研究を一気に高め,世界的に知られるようになった。海岸線にはどのような営力が働き,それにより海岸線はどのように変化してゆくか,つまり海岸地形の発達史を解明した理論は,アメリカはもとよりヨーロッパ各地の海岸の実地調査から得られたものである。…

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