Scotland's Coast: Understanding Past and Present Processes for Sustainable Management.

The coastline of Scotland is extremely long and varied. It comprises most of the major types of coastal environment and includes machair, a sand dune system that is unique to the western seaboard of the British Isles. Such variety has its roots in the geology and sea level inheritance of Scotland an...

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Published in:	Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 120; no. 1/2; pp. 99 - 117
Main Authors:	Hansom, James D., McGlashan, Derek J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2004
Subjects:	Coasts Geography Earth sciences Environmental sciences Natural history Scotland
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