A coast beyond compare : coastal geography and ecology of southern Alaska / Miles O. Hayes, Jacqueline Michel.

• SECTION I: COASTAL PROCESSES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY -- 1. GENERAL STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN -- 2. COASTAL PROCESSES -- 3. MAJOR LANDFORMS OF THE COAST -- 4. COASTAL EROSION -- 5. LANDSLIDES -- 6. CONTINENTAL SHELF -- 7. GLACIATION -- 8. VOLCANOES -- SECTION II: COASTAL ECOLOGY OVERVIEW -- 9. INTRODUCTION -- 10. KEY BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ALASKA -- SECTION III: MAJOR COMPARTMENTS -- 11. INTRODUCTION -- 12. COMPARTMENT 1 : Southeast Alaska (Canadian Border to Icy Point) -- 13. COMPARTMENT 2 : FAIRWEATHER FORELAND (Icy Point to Ocean Cape) -- 14. COMPARTMENT 3 : MALASPINA FORELAND AND VICINITY (Ocean Cape to Icy Cape) -- 15. COMPARTMENT 4 : YAKATAGA FORELAND (Icy Cape to Cape Suckling) -- 16. COMPARTMENT 5 : COPPER RIVER DELTA AND VICINITY (Cape Suckling to Shirttail Point on Hinchinbrook Island) -- 17. COMPARTMENT 6 : PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND OUTER ISLANDS (Shirttail Point on Hinchinbrook Island to Cape Puget) -- 18. COMPARTMENT 7 : OUTER KENAI PENINSULA (Cape Puget to Point Bede Magnet Rock) -- 19. COMPARTMENT 8 : COOK INLET (Point Bede Magnet Rock to Cape Douglas) -- 20. COMPARTMENT 9 : KODIAK AND ASSOCIATED ISLANDS/SHELIKOF STRAIT -- 21. COMPARTMENT 10 : ALASKA PENINSULA (Cape Kuyuyukak to Cape Menshikof) -- 22. COMPARTMENT 11 : NORTHEASTERN BRISTOL BAY (Cape Menshikof to Cape Constantine). 

• This book will help you explore the origins of coastal features such as wave-cut rock cliffs, sea stacks, wave-cut rock platforms, and the amazing array of beaches, deltas, and tidal flats. It explains the processes that create the diverse coastal landforms that have enthralled both residents and visitors from around the World, including ice fields, glaciers, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Two coastal geologists, who have over five decades of experience conducting scientific research on the Alaska Coast, tell their story of discovery and fascination with the Southern Alaska Coast through richly illustrated original diagrams, photographs, satellite imagery, and engaging conversation. They have distilled the extensive scientific literature for this complex area into clear, readable text and graphics that explain the geological history of the coast, first in general, then later through detailed discussion of the geology and ecology of eleven coastal compartments starting at the Canadian border in Southeast Alaska, and ending at Cape Constantine in Bristol Bay. 

Ämnesord

Geology  -- Alaska, Southcentral -- Guidebooks (LCSH)

Coastal ecology  -- Alaska, Southcentral -- Guidebooks (LCSH)

Alaska, Southcentral  -- Guidebooks (LCSH)

Klassifikation

551.097983 (DDC)

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