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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&#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.