The World'S Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline [Audiobook] download free by Orrin H. Pilkey
- Listen audiobook: The World'S Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline
- Author: Orrin H. Pilkey
- Release date: 2011/4/10
- Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Natural History
- ISBN: 9780520268722
- Rating: 7.37 of 10
- Votes: 259
- Review by: So Blaine
- Review rating: 8.84 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/16
- Duration: 3H42M9S in 256 kbps (60.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-26
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, AAC, FLAC, Musepack, WAV, MPEG4, MP3 (compression TAR.Z, RAR, ACE, ZIP, 7Z, LZ, TBZ2)
- Total pages original book: 302
- Includes a PDF summary of 28 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 20M56S (5.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments - from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. 'The World's Beaches' tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours. It discusses tides, waves, and wind; the patterns of dunes, washover fans, and wrack lines; and the shape of berms, bars, shell lags, cusps, ripples, and blisters. What is the world's longest beach? Why do some beaches sing when you walk on them? Why do some have dark rings on their surface and tiny holes scattered far and wide? This fascinating, comprehensive guide also considers the future of beaches, and explains how extensively people have affected them - from coastal engineering to pollution, oil spills, and rising sea levels.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Oceanography (seas), Deltas, Estuaries, Coastal Regions, Natural History Books, Geological Surface Processes (geomorphology)
- Download servers: Microsoft OneDrive, Mediafire, Torrent, MEGA, FileServe, Dropbox, Depositfiles, Robust Files. Compressed in TAR.Z, RAR, ACE, ZIP, 7Z, LZ, TBZ2
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 41.85 USD
- Dimensions: 178x254x20mm
- Weight: 816g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Berkerley, United States
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