The world's beaches:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press c2011
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 283 p.)
ISBN:0520268717
0520268725
0520948947
9780520268715
9780520268722
9780520948945

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