Pilkey / Fraser A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-231-53405-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilkey, Orrin H.

Fraser, Mary Edna

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue
1. Dennis Roars Ashore: A Beneficial Catastrophe
2. The Global Picture
3. The American Barrier Island Scene: Hot Dogs and Drumsticks
4. Barrier Islands and Human Realities: Awash in Politics
5. Delta Barrier Islands: That Sinking Feeling
6. Colombia's Pacific Islands: A Subsiding Tropical Paradise
7. The Carbonate Islands: Tropical Permafrost
8. Lagoon Barriers: The Quiet Ones
9. The Icelandic Islands: Of Fire and Ice
10. The Arctic Islands: The Cold and Dark Ones
11. False Islands: Things Aren't What They Seem to Be
12. Requiem for Some Friends
Glossary of Terms
References Cited
Appendix
Table 1. Global Barrier Islands
Table 2. Delta Barrier Islands
Table 3. Arctic Barrier Islands
Table 4. Endangered Species
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke University. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Francis Shepard Award for Excellence in Marine Geology, and the author or editor of many books, including The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America's Shoreline, Living by the Rules of the Sea, and The Corps and the Shore.Mary Edna Fraser is a renowned artist specializing in the production of large-scale batiks, many based on aerial photographs. Her work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the Duke University Museum of Art, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences.