Abstract
A wide variety of coastal patterns are displayed along the coastline of central China, including: plain coasts, deltaic coasts, hilly coasts, and fault-scarp coasts, among others. This report gives a brief account of them. The coastline described includes Jiangsu Province, Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, and Fujian Province (Fig. 1).
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Chen, J., Liu, C. (1988). The People’s Republic of China--Central. In: Walker, H.J. (eds) Artificial Structures and Shorelines. The GeoJournal Library, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2999-9_39
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