Barrier Islands: Process and ManagementDonald K. Stauble Among the topics: beach water table management, patterns of erosion, erosion protection systems, ponds and lagoons, and heavy minerals in beaches. These are selected papers from the Coastal Zone 89 symposium. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Management of Drumstick Barrier Islands | 1 |
Patterns of Erosion Along the Atlantic Coast | 17 |
Backbarrier Beaches on a Developed Shoreline | 23 |
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