The Evolving Coast

By Richard A. Davis Jr.

Book Overview

Describing how sea coasts form and change, this work explains the effects of such formative processes as plate tectonics, changes in sea level, and weather-related phenomena such as coastal erosion.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716750422
• ISBN13: 9780716750420
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Scientific American Library
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Wow!

I just would like to say that if you are interested in Coastal Morphology but didn't think that you could ever understand the science behind the processes, think again. This book was extremely well writen and easily understood. This was a text I had to buy for a class and is the first text that I actually liked to read. It helped me to understand the concepts of Coastal morphology and how the processes work. Wonderful easy read. Thanks to the author for writing such a great addition to college texts!!!

Plate tectonics

Easy-to-read reference describing plate tectonics, erosion, changing sea levels, and other topics, with a focus on the coast. Although the term 'evolving' in its title does not refer to the evolution of life, the coast was indeed the environment where many of the most significant evolutionary advances took place.