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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter C. Patton , James M. KentPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 20.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.816kg ISBN: 9780822311287ISBN 10: 0822311283 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 19 November 1991 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsFigures, Plates, Maps vi Foreword ix Editors' Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1. Hurricanes on the Connecticut Coast 1 2. Geologic History of the Connecticut Coast: Why the Connecticut coast looks the way it does 25 3. Modern Coastal Process: How the coast evolves 48 4. Evolution of the Connecticut Coast: The ways of sand and glaciers 72 5. Of Beaches, Rocks, and Marshes: Managing the Connecticut coast 109 Epilogue 119 Appendix A. Field Trips to the Coast 121 Appendix B. Storm checklist 133 References 136 Index 140ReviewsAuthor InformationPeter C. Patton is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University. James M. Kent is Editor of Oilfield Review. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |