CRITTENDEN 



Virginia Geographical Institute 

 February 1954 



WORKING OUTLINE-SUBJECT TO REVISION 

 (End Plates— Generalized Diagram) 



COASTAL ZONES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN 

 Photo Keys of Salient Surface Patterns 



PART I: INTRODUCTION-AIDS & TECHNIQUES 



(Pages 1-99 allocated; about 40 to 50 two-page presentations.) 



Acknowledgements 

 Foreword 

 Aim and Purpose 



Map of Mediterranean Coastal- Zone Types faced by Table of Contents 



Definitions, Aids, and Points of View: Presentation, Graphic, and other Aids to Photo Interpre- 

 tation in Mediterranean Coastal- Zone Regions. 



1. Coastal Zones as distinctive regions. 



2. Terminology and Definitions: 



a. General and Generalized Diagram of Land Form and Surface Configuration in 



Land- Sea Zones. 



b. Glossary and Index of Technical Terms. 



3. Explanation of cross-reference methods in these manuals. 



a. Table of contents on page facing the map of Coastal- Zone Types and Distribution. 



b. Place-name index at end of Part I. 



c. Combined glossary of technical terms and topical index. 



d. Patterns and topics on particular photo keys are commonly cross-referenced to 



related keys. 



4. Types of presentation and their orientation practices in regional photo representations. 



5. Distributions and map graphics as aids to Mediterranean photo keys: 



a. Map of Coastal- Zone T^pes and Distributions. 



b. Hypsometric Relief Map. 



c. Regional Map of Predominant Land Form, Land Structure, and Sea-Bottom 



Configuration. 



d. Climatic Types. 



e. Generalized Terrain Types, 1:15,000,000. 



f. Terrain Types, 50 sheet map at 1:1,000,000, Legend and Index. 



g. Block Diagrams as interpretive aid in understanding Mediterranean surface 



patterns. 

 Survey and Elemental Analysis of Mediterranean Region as a whole. 



1. General Statement: of major or salient elements, their distributions and regional 



combinations. 



2. Mediterranean surface configurations considered as coastal-zone character. 



3. Climate and related patterns of Vegetation and Drainage as coastal-zone character. 



4. Salient Cultural Patterns. 



General Statement of the Three Major Divisions of Mediterranean Coastal Zones Selected for 

 Use in these Manuals. Characteristics and subdivisions exemplified for: 



1. Low to Moderately Sloping Coastal Zones (Green areas on map) 



a. "Coastal Plain" Coastal Zones. 



b. "Low Platform" Coastal Zones. 



c. "Alluvial Plain" Coastal Zones. 



2. Abruptly Rising Coastal Zones (Red patterns on map) 



a. Hilly Upland Coastal Zones. 



b. Plateau Coastal Zones. 



c. Mountain Coastal Zones. 



3. Complex Coastal Zones (Brown or orange on map) 



a. Compactly Variable Combinations of Low and Abrupt Types. 



