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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Physical Aspects and Coastal Features -- 1.1 Coastal Features -- 1.2 Beach -- 1.3 Estuary -- 1.4 Coastal Divisions -- 1.5 West Bengal Coast -- 1.6 South 24 Parganas Coastal Division -- 1.7 Purba Medinipur Coastal Division -- 1.8 Coastal Sectors -- 1.9 Digha-Shankarpur Coastal Sector -- 1.10 Bakkhali-Fraserganj Coastal Sector -- 1.11 Ganga Sagar-Chuksar Island Coastal Sector -- 1.12 Sunderbans Coastal Sector -- 1.13 Geology -- 1.14 Climate and Hydrology -- 1.15 Coastal Processes -- 1.16 Coastal Waters -- 1.17 Wave Parameters -- 1.18 Types of Breakers -- 1.19 Beach Width and Beach Slope -- 1.20 Coastal Sediment Components -- 1.21 Lithogenic and Biogenic Components -- 1.22 Source Rock -- 1.23 Composition of Coastal Sediments -- 1.24 Nature of Beach Materials -- 1.25 Grain Size Analysis -- 1.26 Trace Metals and Metal Oxides -- 1.27 Sedimentary Structures -- 1.28 Summary -- References -- 2 Coastal Geomorphology -- 2.1 Coastal Geomorphic Characteristics -- 2.2 Physiographic Set Up -- 2.3 Coastline Configurations -- 2.4 Sediment Transport and Shoreline Progradation -- 2.5 Coastal Geomorphic Features -- 2.6 Coastal Dunes -- 2.7 Islands -- 2.8 Creeks and Water Bodies -- 2.9 Geomorphic Environments -- 2.10 Mudflat Morphology -- 2.11 Significance of Mudflat Morphology -- 2.12 Bioturbation Structures -- 2.13 Tidal Creek Systems -- 2.14 Creek Morphology -- 2.15 Sandy Beaches -- 2.16 Depositional and Erosional Features -- 2.17 Erosional Features -- 2.18 Subsidence -- 2.19 Depositional Features -- 2.20 Tidal Shoal -- 2.21 Marginal Point Bars -- 2.22 Wash Over Flat -- 2.23 Summary -- References -- 3 Coastal Environment-Case Studies -- 3.1 Coastal Features of Kasaragod and Harnai -- 3.2 Coastal Environments of Kasaragod.

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