The World's Beaches : a Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline.

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments-from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World&#...

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Main Author: Pilkey, Orrin H.
Other Authors: Neal, William J., Cooper, James Andrew Graham, Kelley, Joseph T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
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505 0 |a COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD BY THE DONOR, THE SANTA AGUILA FOUNDATION; PREFACE; PART I: THE GLOBAL CHARACTER OF BEACHES; 1: A WORLD OF BEACHES; 2: BEACHES OF THE WORLD; 3: OF WHAT ARE BEACHES MADE? SEDIMENTS; 4: HOW BEACHES WORK: WAVES, CURRENTS, TIDES, AND WIND; 5: THE FORM OF THE BEACH: CRAB'S-EYE AND BIRD'S-EYE VIEWS; PART II: HOW TO READ A BEACH; 6: THE BEACH SURFACE UP CLOSE: IMPRINTS OF TIDES, CURRENTS, AND WAVES; 7: ESCAPE FROM WITHIN: AIR AND WATER IN THE BEACH; 8: WHICHEVER WAY THE WIND BLOWS: REWORKING THE BEACH SURFACE; 9: BEACH CREATURES: TRACKS, TRAILS, AND TRACES. 
505 8 |a 10: CARBONATE BEACHES: SEASHELLS AND THE STORIES THEY TELL11: DIGGING THE BEACH: INTO THE THIRD DIMENSION; PART III: THE GLOBAL THREAT TO BEACHES; 12: BEACHES AT RISK: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND THE HUMAN RESPONSE; 13: THE URBANIZED BEACH: FROM MIDDENS TO THE MAELSTROM OF DEVELOPMENT; GLOSSARY; SELECTED REFERENCES FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX. 
520 |a Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments-from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World's Beaches tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours. It discusses tides, waves, and wind; the patterns of dunes, washover fans, and wrack lines; and the shape of berms, bars, shell lags, cusps, ripples, and blisters. What. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index. 
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700 1 |a Cooper, James Andrew Graham. 
700 1 |a Kelley, Joseph T. 
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