The world's 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. It tells h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Beaches.
Seashore.
Coasts.
Coast changes.
Bathing Beaches
Plages.
Rivage.
Littoral.
Littoral > Modifications.
seashores.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
NATURE > General.
Beaches
Coast changes
Coasts
Seashore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A world of beaches
  • Beaches of the world
  • Of what are beaches made? Sediments
  • How beaches work: waves, currents, tides, and wind
  • The form of the beach: crab's-eye and bird's-eye views
  • The beach surface up close: imprints of tides, currents, and waves
  • Escape from within: air and water in the beach
  • Whichever way the wind blows: reworking the beach surface
  • Beach creatures: tracks, trails, and traces
  • Carbonate beaches: seashells and the stories they tell
  • Digging the beach: into the third dimension
  • Beaches at risk: sea-level rise and the human response
  • The urbanized beach: from middens to the maelstrom of development.

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