Plum Island 4 000 Years On A Barrier Beach
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Plum Island 4 000 Years On A Barrier Beach
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Author : William Sargent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-11-09
Plum Island 4 000 Years On A Barrier Beach written by William Sargent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-09 with categories.
On March 10, 2013, 6 houses were lost, 7 condemned and 24 were declared to be in imminent danger on Plum Island in northern Massachusetts. But it was only the latest skirmish in an ongoing battle between man and nature on this fragile barrier beach. Plum Island takes readers to the core of the earth to see how Plum Island's sands were first formed in the metamorphic forge of the earth's interior. It will then follow these minerals as they erode off the sides of New Hampshire's Ice Age Mountains and then wash down the proto Merrimack River to form Plum Island. It will chronicle the lives of the Wooly Mammoth, Paleo-Indians, fishermen, farmers, sand miners and rum runners who made a good but hard living on this rugged island in the past and the homeowners, lawyers and scientists who are locked in present battles about its future. In the end, Plum Island puts a human face on the larger story of how coastal communities must inevitably come to grips with the impact of Sea level rise on our ever-warming planet.
Plum Island 2016
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Author : William Sargent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-10-11
Plum Island 2016 written by William Sargent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-11 with Nature categories.
Plum Island is a living laboratory to study the effects of storms, climate change and sea level rise. This book chronicles the events of 2016 when island residents started turning away from fighting the Atlantic Ocean and the Army Corps of Engineers to working with nature to slow erosion. It tells the engaging story of people lives being transformed by nature, science and our rapidly evolving environment. This is the third book in a series about the changing face of Plum Island that includes, "Islands in the Storm," "Plum Island; 4,000 Years on a Barrier Beach" and "Plum Island 2016."
Geology Of Holocene Barrier Island Systems
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Author : Richard A. Jr. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Geology Of Holocene Barrier Island Systems written by Richard A. Jr. Davis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Barrier islands represent a complex coastal system that includes a number of different sedimentary depositional environments; nearshore zone, beach, dunes, washover fans, marshes, tidal flats, estuaries, lagoons, and tidal inlets. The morphodynamics of these fragile coastal systems provide a further complication to this coastal type. Although barrier islands comprise only 15% of the world's coastline, they have received a far greater proportion of attention from the scientific and engineering community, and more recently, from coastal managers and environmentalists. Modern barrier islands are arguably the most expensive and most vulnerable of all coastal environments. Pressure from developers for residential, industrial, and recreational development has caused most of our barriers to become significantly impacted by human activity, especially over the past few decades. These pres sures have led to extensive preservation of natural barriers through efforts from all levels of government and also by private organizations. Governments have also formed coastal management programs that help to control any future de velopment with the intent being to keep human activity compatible with barrier island morphodynamics. In order to devise appropriate coastal zone management programs, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the morpho dynamics of barrier island systems. This volume provides comprehensive details on barrier island morphology, sediment distribution, and the process-response mechanisms that cause changes to both. These are the important aspects of barrier systems that can provide important input into the development and implementation of coastal management programs.
I 95 Reconstruction Middleton To Newburyport
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language : en
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Release Date : 1974
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Sedimentary Coastal Zones From High To Low Latitudes
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Author : I.P. Martini
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Release Date : 2014-10-24
Sedimentary Coastal Zones From High To Low Latitudes written by I.P. Martini and has been published by Geological Society of London this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-24 with Science categories.
We live in a world where the loss of sea ice and thawing of coastal grounds in the north, and renewed marine transgression and an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events globally, are becoming commonplace. This volume presents a timely examination of coasts, the geological environment at particular risk, as global warming brings on this new reality. In 23 papers, low lying, mainly siliciclastic coasts are reviewed, described and analysed, under a variety of climates in quasi-stable tectonic settings along passive, trailing-continental edges from Polar Regions to the Tropics. Examples include coast of the Arctic seas, temperate to tropical eastern shores of the Americas, western Portugal, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, South Africa and Australia. The entire coastal zone (landscape) is considered ranging from geophysical processes and products to biological entities including the adaption of Native People in various climatic zones. Knowledge of the state of the coasts now, and how the coastal plain has evolved since Late Pleistocene, is crucial for any realistic planning for the future.
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge N W R Management Development
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language : en
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Release Date : 1983
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Field Trip Guidebook For The Northeastern United States 1993 Boston Gsa
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Author : New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference. Meeting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Field Trip Guidebook For The Northeastern United States 1993 Boston Gsa written by New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference. Meeting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Geology categories.
Contribution
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language : en
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Release Date : 1993
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Water Resources Development
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language : en
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Water Resources Development written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Flood control categories.
At The Glacier S Edge
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Author : Betsy McCully
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-17
At The Glacier S Edge written by Betsy McCully and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-17 with Nature categories.
Vast salt marshes, ancient grasslands, lush forests, pristine beaches and dunes, and copious inland waters, all surrounded by a teeming sea. These are probably not the first things you imagine when you think of Long Island, but just beyond its highways and housing developments lies a stunning landscape full of diverse plant and animal life. Combining science writing, environmental history, and first-hand accounts from a longtime resident, At the Glacier’s Edge offers a unique narrative natural history of Long Island. Betsy McCully tells the story of how the island was formed at the end of the last ice age, how its habitats evolved, and how humans in the last few hundred years have radically altered and degraded its landscape. Yet as she personally recounts the habitat losses and species declines she has witnessed over the past few decades, she describes the vital efforts that environmental activists are making to restore and reclaim this land—from replanting salt marshes, to preserving remaining grasslands and forests, to cleaning up the waters. At the Glacier’s Edge provides an in-depth look at the flora, fauna and geology that make Long Island so special.