04128nam 2201117 a 450 991078149300332120230725050626.01-283-27801-497866132780120-520-94894-710.1525/9780520948945(CKB)2550000000040457(EBL)730027(OCoLC)739051470(SSID)ssj0000542772(PQKBManifestationID)11347494(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542772(PQKBWorkID)10517901(PQKB)11170634(MiAaPQ)EBC730027(DE-B1597)518764(DE-B1597)9780520948945(Au-PeEL)EBL730027(CaPaEBR)ebr10482135(CaONFJC)MIL327801(EXLCZ)99255000000004045720100812d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe world's beaches[electronic resource] /Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]Berkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (301 p.)"A global guide to the science of the shoreline."--subtitle from cover.0-520-26872-5 0-520-26871-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches.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 is the world's longest beach? Why do some beaches sing when you walk on them? Why do some have dark rings on their surface and tiny holes scattered far and wide? This fascinating, comprehensive guide also considers the future of beaches, and explains how extensively people have affected them-from coastal engineering to pollution, oil spills, and rising sea levels.BeachesSeashoreCoastsCoast changesarctic beaches.bars.beach ecosystems.beach environments.beach guides.beach variety.beaches.berms.blisters.coastal engineering.color photographs.cusps.dunes.earth sciences.global beaches.guidebook.illustrated.maps.natural sciences.natural variety.nonfiction.oceans.oil spills.pollution.ripples.rising sea levels.scientists.shell lags.shorelines.tides.tourist destinations.tropical shores.washover fans.waves.wind.wrack lines.Beaches.Seashore.Coasts.Coast changes.551.45/7Pilkey Orrin H.1934-1099586Cooper James Andrew Graham, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autNeal William J., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781493003321The world's beaches3792122UNINA