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Autore: Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina: 551.45/7
Soggetto topico: Beaches
Seashore
Coasts
Coast changes
Soggetto non controllato: arctic 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
Persona (resp. second.): CooperJames Andrew Graham
NealWilliam J.
Note generali: "A global guide to the science of the shoreline."--subtitle from cover.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The world's beaches  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27801-4
9786613278012
0-520-94894-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781493003321
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