The battle for North Carolina's coast
Subtitle: evolutionary history, present crisis, and vision for the future
By: Stanley R. Riggs ... [et al.].
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780807834862; 9780807878071
Subjects: Coast changes; Paleoceanography; Monitoring; Quaternary; Barrier islands; Structural Geology; Shorelines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why is there a coastal conflict?; title: North Carolina's coastal system; title: The ice ages and postglacial sea-level rise; title: Storms and coastal systems; title: The modern ocean shoreline system; title: Formation of the modern coastal system; title: What is at risk?; title: Human modification of barrier island dynamics; title: Adaptation to coastal change; title: Concluding thoughts.