How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels
- ISBN-10
- 0807855103
- ISBN-13
- 9780807855102
- Category
- Science / Earth Sciences / Geography
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Authors
- Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Neal, Tracy Monegan Rice
Description
Three leading coastal geologists provide a guidebook to North Carolina beach characteristics created specifically to enhance trips to the beach for tourists and residents. Original.
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