Author: Richard D. HobsonPublisher:
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Category : Barrier islands
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Recent Geologic History of a Barrier Island
Author: Richard D. HobsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrier islands
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Recent Geologic History of a Barrier Island
Author: Richard D. HobsonGeology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems
Author: Richard A. Jr. DavisPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642783600
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Barrier islands represent a complex coastal system that includes a number of different sedimentary depositional environments; nearshore zone, beach, dunes, washover fans, marshes, tidal flats, estuaries, lagoons, and tidal inlets. The morphodynamics of these fragile coastal systems provide a further complication to this coastal type. Although barrier islands comprise only 15% of the world's coastline, they have received a far greater proportion of attention from the scientific and engineering community, and more recently, from coastal managers and environmentalists. Modern barrier islands are arguably the most expensive and most vulnerable of all coastal environments. Pressure from developers for residential, industrial, and recreational development has caused most of our barriers to become significantly impacted by human activity, especially over the past few decades. These pres sures have led to extensive preservation of natural barriers through efforts from all levels of government and also by private organizations. Governments have also formed coastal management programs that help to control any future de velopment with the intent being to keep human activity compatible with barrier island morphodynamics. In order to devise appropriate coastal zone management programs, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the morpho dynamics of barrier island systems. This volume provides comprehensive details on barrier island morphology, sediment distribution, and the process-response mechanisms that cause changes to both. These are the important aspects of barrier systems that can provide important input into the development and implementation of coastal management programs.
Barrier Islands
Author: Maurice L. SchwartzPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Late Quaternary Geologic History and Morphologic Development of the Barrier Island System Along the Delmarva Peninsula of the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Author: Susan D. HalseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
The Fire Island National Seashore
Author: Lee E. KoppelmanPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791478890
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A comprehensive account of the history of the Fire Island National Seashore since its creation in 1964.
Geologic history and development of the Pleistocene and Recent barrier islands of the Georgia coast
Author: Vernon J. HenryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Padre Island National Seashore
Author: Bonnie R. WeisePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A Celebration of the World's Barrier Islands
Author: Orrin H. PilkeyPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231119702
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Although these islands are vastly different in many ways, they also share many common features.
The Outer Banks of North Carolina
Author: Robert DolanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast changes
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description