Battle for North Carolina's Coast : Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future.

Battle for North Carolina's Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future.

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Author / Creator: Riggs, Stanley R.
Other Authors / Creators:Ames, Dorothea.
Culver, Stephen.
Mallinson, David J.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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650 0 |a Shorelines -- Monitoring -- North Carolina. 
650 0 |a Geology, Structural -- North Carolina. 
650 0 |a Paleoceanography -- Quaternary. 
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