A Moveable Shore: The Fate of the Connecticut Coast

Author:   Peter C. Patton ,  James M. Kent
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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9780822311287


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   19 November 1991
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter C. Patton ,  James M. Kent
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780822311287


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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Figures, 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 140

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Peter C. Patton is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University. James M. Kent is Editor of Oilfield Review.

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