The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand - Living with the Shore - Orrin H. Pilkey - Books - Duke University Press - 9780822322085 - October 13, 1998
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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand - Living with the Shore


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Provides a diverse guide to one of America's popular shorelines. This book is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is useful if we are to preserve them for future generations. It includes information on hazards of many kinds - storms, tides, floods, erosion, island migration, and earthquakes.


344 pages, 57 photographs, 8 tables, 27 maps, 64 figures

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 13, 1998
ISBN13 9780822322085
Publishers Duke University Press
Pages 344
Dimensions 160 × 240 × 30 mm   ·   716 g
Language English  

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