Field Excursions to the Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge for GSA Connects 2023
Author | : Brett T. McLaurin |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2023-10-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813700663 |
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Author | : Brett T. McLaurin |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2023-10-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813700663 |
Author | : Nicholas Lancaster |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2020-05-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030404986 |
Inland sand dunes are widespread in North America and are found from the North Slope of Alaska to the Sonoran Desert in northern Mexico and from the Delmarva Peninsula in the east to Southern California in the west. In this edited book, we highlight recent research on areas of inland dunes that span a range from those that are actively accumulating in current conditions of climate and sediment supply to those that were formed in past conditions and are now degraded relict systems. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars of physical geography, geomorphology, environmental sciences, and earth sciences. Contributions include detailed analyses of individual active dune systems at White Sands, New Mexico; Great Sand Dunes, Colorado; and the Laurentian Great Lakes; as well as the vegetation-stabilized dunes of the Nebraska Sand Hills and the Colorado Plateau. Additional chapters discuss the widespread partially vegetated dune systems of the central and southern Great Plains; the relict dunes of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern USA; and active and stabilized dunes of the Colorado Plateau and the southwestern deserts of the USA and northern Mexico.
Author | : Orrin H. Pilkey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
In The Corps and the Shore, Orrin H. Pilkey, the nation's most outspoken coastal geologist, and Katharine L. Dixon, an educator and activist for national coastal policy reform, provide a comprehensive examination of the impact of coastal processes on developed areas and the ways in which the Corps of Engineers has attempted to manage erosion along America's coastline. Through detailed case studies, the authors demonstrate the shortcomings of the Corps' underlying assumptions and methodology. As they discuss the role of local citizens in the project process, they highlight the interaction between local Corps offices and community officials and residents. By focusing on different types of problems in various regions of the country, Pilkey and Dixon clearly show how the Corps has repeatedly failed to act in the best interest of those most affected by the projects. As well as criticizing Corps practices, the authors provide numerous suggestions for reforming the Corps and making it both more scientifically accountable and more accountable to the citizens it is intended to serve.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : State government publications |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 1991-11 |
Genre | : State government publications |
ISBN | : |
An annual index to the monographs appears early in the following year.
Author | : Nicholas C. Kraus |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 924 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Coast changes |
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Author | : Orrin H. Pilkey |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520948947 |
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.