Reference Books and Professional Papers Focused on Nearshore Processes
Bascom, Willard. 1980. Waves and Beaches: The Dynamics of the Ocean Surface. Revised and Updated. Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, New York. 366 pp.
Bird, E.C.F. 1968. Coasts (An Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology; Volume Four). The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 246 pp.
Camoin, G. F. and Davies, P. J. (Eds.). 1998. Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Special Publication Number 25 of the International Association of Sedimentologists. Blackwell Science, Ltd. 328 pp.
Clark, John R. K. 1999. Hawai'i's Best Beaches. University of Hawai'i Press. 148 pp.
Clark, John R. K. 1990. Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 114 pp.
Clark, John R. K. 1989. The Beaches of Maui County, Second Edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 155 pp.
Clark, John R. K. 1985. Beaches of the Big Island. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 171 pp.
Clark, John R. K. 1977. The Beaches of O'ahu. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 193 pp.
Davies, J. L. 1977. Geographical Variation in Coastal Development. 2nd Edition. Longman Group Ltd., London. 212 pp.
Davis, R. A., Jr. (Ed.). 1978. Coastal Sedimentary Environments. Springer-Verlag, New York. 420 pp.
Komar, Paul D. 1997. The Pacific Northwest Coast. Living with the Shores of Oregon and Washington. Duke University Press, Durham. 191 pp.
Komar, Paul D. 1976. Beach Processes and Sedimentation. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Clifs, New Jersey. 429 pp.
Pirazzoli, P. A. 1996. Sea-Level Changes: The Last 20,000 Years. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England. 211 pp.
Pettijohn, F. J. and Potter, Paul E. 1964. Atlas and Glossary of Primary Sedimentary Structures. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc. 370 pp.
Short, Andrew D. (Ed.). 1999. Handbook of Beach and Shoreface Morphodynamics. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, England. 379 pp.