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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand - Living with the Shore Orrin H. Pilkey
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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand - Living with the Shore
Orrin H. Pilkey
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 |