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IntroductionWorldwide Distribution of Intertidal AreasTidesZonationVegetationBenthic FaunaSedimentMacrotidal DepositsThe Wash (North Sea)Baie du Mont - St. MichelBassin d'ArcachonMacrotidal River Estuaries, Rias, and Bays in Northwest EuropeMozambiqueMadagascar West CoastGulf of Khambhat (Cambay) and the Gulf of Kachchh (Kutch)Ganges - Brahmaputra (Meghna) River MouthsIrrawaddy River DeltaWest Coast KoreaChina: Jiangsu CoastChina: Chang Jiang River Mouth and Hangzhou BayChina Southeast Coast: Intertidal Deposits in EmbaymentsTaiwan West CoastRed River MouthsKing Sound, Cambridge Gulf (Northwest Australia)North AustraliaBroad Sound (Queensland)Cook Inlet, Glacier Bay (Alaska)Queen Charlotte IslandsColorado River Delta AreaBay of FundySt. Lawrence EstuaryHudson Strait - Ungava Bay - Baffin IslandSan Antonio Bay (Argentina)San Sebastian Bay (Tierra del Fuego)Columbia - EcuadorMacrotidal DepositsMesotidal DepositsThe Wadden SeaMesotidal River Estuaries and Rias in Western EuropeGuinea-Bissau - GuineaCameroon and Equatorial GuineaTanzania and KenyaNorthwest Persian GulfIndus River Delta and Rann of KutchNorthern Gulf of ThailandWest Coast of Burma (Myanmar), Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia (Andaman Sea Coast)Mekong River MouthThe PhilippinesIndonesiaGulf of PapuaGulf of Carpentaria and Northern QueenslandFirth of Thames, New ZealandBristol Bay, AlaskaFraser River DeltaYaquina Bay, San Francisco BayThe U.S. East Coast: Georgia, South Carolina, MaineSouthern Hudson Bay, LabradorThe South America North Coast: Amazon River Mouth - Guyanas - Orinoco DeltaSouth America East CoastBahia Blanca, ArgentinaMesotidal DepositsMicrotidal DepositsDyfi Estuary, WalesThe White Sea, Northern Siberia, The Gulf of Anadyr, and the Sea of OkhotskNorthwest AfricaSenegal and GambiaSierra Leone - BeninNiger DeltaZaire River EstuaryLangebaan LagoonKwazulu - NatalPersian Gulf: Qatar to OmanKerala Lagoons, Estuaries, and MudbanksDeltas, East Coast IndiaSri LankaGulf of ThailandBohai Sea - Huanghe He (Yellow River) DeltaWest AustraliaSouth and East Australia: South Australia, Victoria, and New South WalesNew ZealandPacific IslandsAlaskaMar CiquitaVenezuela - ColombiaLouisiana Coast - Mississippi DeltaNorthwest FloridaSouthwest Florida - BelizeAndros, Caicos and Grand Cayman Island (Bahamas - British West Indies)East Coast United States: South Carolina to MassachusettsIcelandMicrotidal DepositsWindflat DepositsBalticMediterraneanBlack SeaCaspian SeaEast SiberiaLaguna Madre, Mexico/TexasMorphology of Intertidal AreasThe Intertidal SurfaceChannels, Creeks, and GulliesSingle Channels; Straight Single ChannelsSinuous Single ChannelsMeandering ChannelsChannel WidthLeveesChannel Systems: Systems of Parallel Channels or No Channels at AllDendritic Channel SystemsBraided and Distributary ChannelsInterconnecting ChannelsErosional Steps and Marsh PondsBarrier Beaches and CheniersQualitative Comparison of Macro-, Meso-, and Microtidal AreasIntertidal Sediments: Composition and StructureSiliciclastic SystemsCarbonate SystemsCold Regions: Influence of IceSedimentsSedimentary StructuresDeformation StructuresFaciesSedimentary SequencesPreservationEvolutionary Trends and Variations of Controlling Mechanisms through Geological HistorySediment Transport in Intertidal AreasIntroductionFlow in Tidal AreasTidesTidal AsymmetriesDensity-Driven CirculationsMeteorological ForcingThe Small-Scale Current FieldFlow over Tidal FlatsWind WavesTidal Flow and Sediment TransportTidal Areas with No or Weak Density GradientsTidal Areas with Marked Density Gradients: EstuariesIntertidal Fauna and VegetationInfluence of Benthic Fauna and MicrofloraInfluence of Salt Marsh Vegetation on SedimentationMangroveAlgal MatsSeagrassesHolocene Development of Intertidal DepositsInfluence of ManIndex of Geographical NamesLatin Fauna NamesLatin Flora Names