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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)
ISBN : WISC:89114715063
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031032030
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. Subcommittee on Senate Resolution 250
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Oregon
ISBN : LOC:00117906693
Author : Daniel A. McCarthy,Kenyon C. Lindeman,David B. Snyder,Karen G. Holloway-Adkins
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030403577
Nearshore hardbottom reefs of Florida’s east coast are used by over 1100 species of fishes, invertebrates, algae, and sea turtles. These rocky reefs support reproduction, settlement, and habitat use, and are energy sources and sinks. They are also buried by beach renourishment projects in which artificial reefs are used for mitigation. This comprehensive book is for research scientists and agency personnel, yet accessible to interested laypersons including beachfront residents and water-users. An unprecedented collection of research information and often stunning color photographs are assembled including over 1250 technical citations and 127 figures. These shallow reefs are part of a mosaic of coastal shelf habitats including estuarine seagrasses and mangroves, and offshore coral reefs. These hardbottom habitats are federally designated as Essential Fish Habitats - Habitats of Particular Concern and are important feeding areas for federally-protected sea turtles. Organismal and assemblage responses to natural and man-made disturbances, including climate change, are examined in the context of new research and management opportunities for east Florida’s islands in the sand.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030996110
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Public lands and surveys
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110649147
Author : Miles O. Hayes,Jacqueline Michel
Publisher : Pandion Books
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780981661834
This book will help you explore the origins of coastal features, such as barrier islands, sand beaches and coastal dunes. It unravels the wonderful mystery of how the extensive Georgia salt marshes evolved. Furthermore, it explains the changing face of the coastline through deposition and erosion during major storms. The key ecological resources are described in detail for each of the major subdivisions of the coast. Through richly illustrated diagrams, full-color photographs, and satellite images this general treatment of the coastal geology and ecology of Georgia will help you understand this exceptional coast through a delightful and completely comprehensible narrative.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Dredging
ISBN : UOM:39015050447914
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030629711
Author : Charles O. Pilkey,Orrin H. Pilkey
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781469627380
Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the size of a wave? Featuring more than forty fun hands-on activities for families with children, Lessons from the Sand reveals the science behind the amazing natural wonders found on the beaches of North Carolina and South Carolina. Easy-to-do experiments will help parents and kids discover the ways water, wind, sand, plants, animals, and people interact to shape the constantly changing beaches we love to visit. Featuring colorful illustrations and clear instructions, most activities require nothing more than an observant eye and simple tools found at local stores. You will learn about geology, weather, waves and currents, the critters that live on our beaches, and the environmental issues that threaten them. Chapters also include indoor activities for rainy days and activities for nighttime discovery. This book will become an indispensable companion for families, teachers, and students heading to the Carolina coast for years to come.
Author : Michael Welland
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520254374
"I have learned more about, and become more fascinated with sand from reading this book than I have from studying beaches for thirty-five years! An amazing story."--Reinhard E. Flick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego "A masterful, entertaining and accessible treatise on the complex world of common sand."--Bruce M. Pavlik, author of The California Deserts "To do justice to this formidable and glorious subject, you need not only to be in love with it, but also to possess tremendous breadth of knowledge, have the eyes of a poet, scientist and geographer, and be intrepid enough to have seen the deserts of the world at first hand. Fortunately, Michael Welland fits the bill. It is hard to see how this paean to the wonders and mysteries of sand could be bettered."--Philip Ball, author of Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another and Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water "A fascinating and colorfully written book filled with insights and wit about the magical material called sand."--Stephen P. Leatherman (aka Dr Beach), author of America's Best Beaches "Sand has given rise to commentary, both poetic and scientific, from the earliest human times. Michael Welland ably winnows this literature, making the subject of sand his base station for a journey around the whole earth system. An impressive achievement."--Andrew Alden, author/editor of About.com's Guide to Geology "Michael Welland offers a popular, imaginative, and scientific evocation of sand as the creator of the world we experience and seek to understand. Sand is a timely meditation on things both large and small that simultaneously opens the door to the oldest geology and our most recent history."--Joseph Amato, author of Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible
Author : Qi Lu,Mahesh K. Gaur,Victor R. Squires
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000588996
This book in two volumes, and with a foreword by the renowned Professor M.A.J. Williams, draws on evidence from coastal and inland regions, including desert dunes, wind-blown dust, river and lake sediments, glacial moraines, plant and animal fossils, isotope geochemistry, soils and prehistoric archaeology to better understand the genesis and development of dunes systems in selected northern hemisphere sand dunes from Asia, Africa and the Middle East regions. The collection of research papers and case studies that are presented in this book provide the reader with a wealth of information about the distribution and types of sand dunes and an insight into the complexity of sand dune formation, migration and management. Research in many countries across the northern hemisphere shows that dunes, whether coastal or inland, are under pressure around the world. Much of the pressure comes from human activities, and the anthropogenic disturbance, when coupled with global warming and alterations to the amount, frequency and temporal distribution of precipitation could lead to more serious management challenges in the future. There is much that we still need to find out about the origin, genesis and development of sand dunes so that they can be managed better. The difficult and complex questions being repeatedly raised can be answered only by interdisciplinary endeavours. Geomorphologists, geologists, palaeontologists, climatologists, ecologists, and others, can work together on research projects that better define the origin, evolution and development of dunes, both inland and along the coasts. Many chapters in this book attempt to reconstruct past climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in space and time in the expectation that such information might assist in preparing us for future global warming and drying.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ammodytes
ISBN : MINN:31951D02881915P
Author : John T. Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Barrier islands
ISBN : UVA:35007000422992
Author : Scott Hippensteel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820363547
The influence of sedimentary geology on the strategy, combat, and tactics of the American Civil War is a subject that has been neglected by military historians. Sedimentary geology influenced everything from the nature of the landscape (flat vs. rolling terrain) to the effectiveness of the weapons (a single grain of sand can render a rifle musket as useless as a club). Sand, Science, and the Civil War investigates the role of sedimentary geology on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War on multiple scales, with a special emphasis on the fighting along the coastlines. At the start of the Civil War the massive brick citadels guarding key coastal harbors and shipyards were thought to be invincible to artillery attack. The Union bombardment of Savannah’s key defensive fortification, Fort Pulaski, demonstrated the vulnerability of this type of fortress to the new rifled artillery available to the Union; Fort Pulaski surrendered within a day. When the Union later tried to capture the temporary sand fortifications of Battery Wagner (protecting Charleston) and Fort Fisher (protecting Wilmington) they employed similar tactics but with disastrous results. The value of sand in defensive positions vastly minimized the Federal advantage in artillery, making these coastal strongpoints especially costly to capture. Through this geologically centered historic lens, Scott Hippensteel explores the way sediments and sedimentary rocks influenced the fighting in all theaters of war and how geologic resources were exploited by both sides during the five years of conflict.