TY - BOOK ID - 77740400 TI - The world's beaches : a global guide to the science of the shoreline PY - 2011 SN - 1283278014 9786613278012 0520948947 9780520948945 9780520268715 0520268717 9780520268722 0520268725 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Beaches. KW - Seashore. KW - Coasts. KW - Coast changes. KW - Coastal erosion KW - Coasts KW - Shore erosion KW - Littoral drift KW - Physical geography KW - Coastal landforms KW - Coastal zones KW - Coastlines KW - Landforms KW - Seashore KW - Sea shore KW - Sea shores KW - Seashores KW - Shore, Sea KW - Shores, Sea KW - Beaches KW - Erosion KW - Coast changes KW - arctic beaches. KW - bars. KW - beach ecosystems. KW - beach environments. KW - beach guides. KW - beach variety. KW - beaches. KW - berms. KW - blisters. KW - coastal engineering. KW - color photographs. KW - cusps. KW - dunes. KW - earth sciences. KW - global beaches. KW - guidebook. KW - illustrated. KW - maps. KW - natural sciences. KW - natural variety. KW - nonfiction. KW - oceans. KW - oil spills. KW - pollution. KW - ripples. KW - rising sea levels. KW - scientists. KW - shell lags. KW - shorelines. KW - tides. KW - tourist destinations. KW - tropical shores. KW - washover fans. KW - waves. KW - wind. KW - wrack lines. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77740400 AB - 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. ER -