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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 185 color illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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