A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands / / Mary Edna Fraser, Orrin H. Pilkey.
From the Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands and Colombia to Vietnam, barrier islands protect much of the world's coastlines from the ravages of the sea. Although these islands are vastly different in many ways, they also share many common featur...
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Pilkey, Orrin H., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands / Mary Edna Fraser, Orrin H. Pilkey. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2003] ©2003 1 online resource (400 p.) : 185 color illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Dennis Roars Ashore -- Chapter 2. The Global Picture -- Chapter 3. The American Barrier Island Scene -- Chapter 4. Barrier Islands and Human Realities -- Chapter 5. Delta Barrier Islands -- Chapter 6. Colombia’s Pacific Islands -- Chapter 7. The Carbonate Islands -- Chapter 8. Lagoon Barriers -- Chapter 9. The Icelandic Islands -- Chapter 10. Arctic Islands -- Chapter 11. False Islands -- Chapter 12. Requiem for Some Friends -- Glossary of Terms -- References Cited -- Appendix -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From the Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands and Colombia to Vietnam, barrier islands protect much of the world's coastlines from the ravages of the sea. Although these islands are vastly different in many ways, they also share many common features. Most dramatic among these is their dynamism—barrier islands are in almost constant motion, their advances and retreats powerful testimony to the force and beauty of nature—and their vulnerability in the face of a different kind of force, commercial and residential development.This first-of-its-kind survey of barrier islands around the globe had its genesis in 1993, when geologist Orrin Pilkey met artist Mary Edna Fraser at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina. They soon realized they shared a passion for the barriers, one heightened by the many threats the islands face from development and global warming. These fragile and irreplaceable jewels, Pilkey and Fraser determined, needed to be better understood, and, as important, to be seen in a new way, if they were to be saved. Every bit as dynamic as the islands they depict, Mary Edna Fraser's spectacular original batik artwork (silk cloth colored by hand using a modern variation of an ancient dyeing technique) has been exhibited in both science and art museums. Combined with Orrin Pilkey's engaging and informative text, they create a treasure of a book that is at once beautiful and rigorously scientific. Pilkey identifies three major types of barriers—coastal plains, Arctic, and delta—each with its own geological characteristics and particular morphologies, which are themselves shaped by several factors, including the absence or presence of underlying rock formations, tidal patterns, and vegetation. Employing the latest advances in geological mapping, Pilkey also identifies traces of ancient barriers marking long-lost shorelines—a further reminder that in the geological dance of land and sea, change is the only constant.Praise for Mary Edna Fraser and her art:"Pilot with a palette. as much of an artist in the midst of the creative process as Picasso laboring over his easel." —Michael Kilian, Chicago Tribune"Fraser's works depict an organization and sensuousness in the land that is visible only from the air." —Susan Lawson-Bell, National Air & Space Museum"Exhibited and collected around the world, her batiks have a common theme: promoting the awareness of environmental beauty and change on the planet as seen from the air. " —Carolyn Russo, Women and Flight Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Barrier islands. NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines. bisacsh Fraser, Mary Edna, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231119702 https://doi.org/10.7312/pilk11970 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231534055 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231534055/original |
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