The world's beaches /

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Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 283 pages) : color illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Beaches. Seashore. Coasts. Coast changes. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology. NATURE -- General. Beaches. Coast changes. Coasts. Seashore. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11277547

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Other authors / contributors:	Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-
ISBN:	9780520948945 0520948947 9780520268715 0520268717 9780520268722 0520268725
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 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 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.
Other form:	Print version: World's beaches. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520268715

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