Preface -- Part I: Sediment Fluxes Changes Link to Climatic Change during Holocene -- The “Turritella Layer”: a Potentiel Proxy of a Drastic Holocene Environmental Change on the North–east Atlantic Coast -- The Influence of Recent Deglaciation and Associated Sediment Flux on the Functioning of Polar Coastal Zone – Northern Petuniabukta, Svalbard -- Geomorphic Changes in the Rhône Delta during the LIA: Input from the Analysis of Ancient Maps -- Part II: Studies CAS about Sediment Fluxes in Three Different Climatic Zones (Wet tropical, Semi-arid, Temperate) during Anthropocene -- Mud and Sand Flux in a Context of Sediment Heterogeneity on the Mud-dominated Coast of French Guiana -- The Coastal Sediment Provenance and their Distribution in the Mediterranean Beaches of NW Morocco -- The Hydro-sedimentary System of the Haute-Normandy Coast: Synthesis -- Part III: The Use of Modelling Approaches of Sediment Fluxes at a Higher Spatial and Temporal Scale -- Sediment Exchange Through the Inlets of the Venice Lagoon -- Tidal Inlet Dynamics and Relocation in Response to Artificial Breaching -- Sediment Transport Formulae for Coastal Morphodynamic Simulation: Calculated Sediment Flux against in situ Data -- Part IV: Extremes Events and Sediment Fluxes: The Case of Tsunamis -- Tsunamis: Impacts on Sediment Flux and Sediment Cells.

This book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting sediments fluxes from watershed to worldwide coastal systems. The volume provides a comprehensive overview and constitutes a systematic description of the response of coastal systems to global and local changes, like climate change, sea level, land use and land cover change. The case studies cover a sequence of coastal environments such as lagoons, bays, estuaries, deltas and beaches. Sediment Fluxes in Coastal Areas is designed for researchers, professionals and for course-use in hydrology, oceanography, geography, geology, geomorphology and environmental science.