How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach (eBook)

A Guide to Shadow Dunes, Ghost Forests, and Other Telltale Clues from an Ever-Changing Coast

Tonya Clayton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
228 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-8253-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Come explore the geology of Floridas Gulf Coast beaches, from a birds-eye view down to a crabs-eye view. You'll journey from Panhandle sugar-sand beaches to southwestern shell beaches, taking a fresh look at the ever-changing landscape. With Tonya Clayton as your guide, you'll learn how to recognize the stories and read the clues of these dynamic shores, reshaped daily by winds, waves, and sometimes bulldozers or dump trucks.This dynamic tour begins with a broad description of Floridas Gulf Coast, roaming from popular Perdido Key in the northwest to remote Cape Sable in the south. You'll first fly over large-scale coastal features such as the barrier islands, learning to spot signs of the many processes that shape the shores. In subsequent chapters you'll visit dunes and beaches to check out sand ripples, tracings, and other markings that show the handiwork of beach breezes, ocean waves, animal life, and even raindrops and air bubbles. You'll also encounter signs of human shaping, including massive boulder structures and sand megatransfers. With a conversational style and more than a hundred illustrations, How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach makes coastal science accessible, carrying vacationers and Florida natives alike on a lively, informative tour of local beach features.Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

Autor

Tonya Clayton is a freelance science writer and editor.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Southern Gateways Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Southern Gateways Guides
• Zusatzinfo: 111 halftones, 8 color on 4-pg insert, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: anna maria island • Barefoot Beach • Big Hickory Island • Boca Grande • Cape Romano • Cape Sable • Captiva Island • Casey Key • Caspersen Beach • Cayo Costa • Charlotte Harbor • Delnor–Wiggins State Park • Delnor–Wiggins State Park • Estero Island • Florida beach ecology • Florida beach ecology / • Florida Beaches • Florida Gulf beaches • Fort De Soto Park • Ft. Myers Beach • Gasparilla Island • holmes beach • Keewaydin Island • Knight Island • Lido Key • Little Hickory Island • Longboat Key • Long Key • Lovers Key • Manasota Key • Marco Island • Mullet Key • Naples • North Captiva Island • Pass-a-Grille • Sanibel Island • Siesta Key • St. Pete Beach • Tampa Bay • Ten Thousand Islands • travel Florida beaches • understanding Florida Gulf beaches • Upham Beach • Vanderbilt Beach • Venice Beach
• ISBN-10: 0-8078-8253-4 / 0807882534
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-8253-5 / 9780807882535