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The battle for North Carolina's coast : evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future / Stanley R. Riggs ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coast changes--North Carolina.
- Coast changes.
- Barrier islands--North Carolina.
- Barrier islands.
- Shorelines--Monitoring--North Carolina.
- Shorelines.
- Geology, Structural--North Carolina.
- Geology, Structural.
- Paleoceanography--Quaternary.
- Paleoceanography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Battle for North Carolina's Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future
- Contents:
- Cover Page; THE BATTLE FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Why Is There a Coastal Conflict?; 2 North Carolina's Coastal System; 3 The Ice Ages and Postglacial Sea-Level Rise; 4 Storms and Coastal Systems; 5 The Modern Ocean Shoreline System; 6 Formation of the Modern Coastal System; 7 What Is at Risk?; 8 Human Modification of Barrier Island Dynamics; 9 Adaptation to Coastal Change; 10 Concluding Thoughts; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Figure Credits; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890840363
- 9780807878071
- 0807878073
- OCLC:
- 763157087
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