The book is an output of Ph.D. dissertation at the University of St. Andrews, U.K., under the sponsorship of the Association of commonwealth Universities. Relative sea level movements, both in geological time scale, as well as the current trends, refer to very complicated processes, operating globally, regionally and locally. Dr. Islam has widely reviewed these issues from theoretical to applied context. Based on empirical evidences, the fluctuating history of relative sea level movements, during the last ten thousand years for Bangladesh, have been reconstructed. The implications of such reconstructed marine transgression-regression sequences, on coastal geometry, shoreline migration, coastal vegetation successions and coastal dynamics, have been synthesized quantitatively. This book offers a clear explanation to the science of sea level changes and can be used widely by academics, policy makers, coastal and environmental scientists, geographers, university students and above all general readers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Shahidul Islam
Dr. M. Shahidul Islam obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in Geography from the University of Dhaka in 1983 and 1984 respectively. Under a Commonwealth Scholarship (1992 to 1995) he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of St. Andrews, U.K. in 1996. He joined the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. University of Rajshahi as a Lecture in 1990, became an Associate Professor in 1997 and served there until 1998. He joined the Chittagong University as the founder Chairman of Geography Department in February 1998. He has more than 30 research publications to his credit, including some in international journals. He is a life member of the National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute (NOAMI) of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Geographical Society (BGS) and the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IIG). Dr. Islam was the secretary of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)’s Sea-Level Change and Coastal Evolution (SLCCE), Indian Ocean sub-commission from 1995 o 1999. Currently he is the president of the Sub-commission (2000-2004). Dr. Islam is a Full Member of the International Geographical Union’s (IGU) Coastal Commission. He has traveled widely.
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