How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach: A Guide to Shadow Dunes, Ghost Forests, and Other Telltale Clues from an Ever-Changing Coast
a guide to shadow dunes, ghost forests, and other telltale clues from an ever-changing coast
$64.39
- Paperback
228 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2012
Summary
Come explore the geology of Florida’s Gulf Coast beaches, from a bird’s-eye view down to a crab’s-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 recognise 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 Flo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807872185 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807872180 |
| Series: | Southern Gateways Guides |
| Author: | Tonya Clayton |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 155mm x 210mm |
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With an easy style and more than a hundred illustrations, How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach invites vacationers and residents alike to see and enjoy [Florida’s] beaches in a new way.–Harbor Happenings With a conversational style and more than a hundred illustrations How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast makes coastal science accessible.–Coastal Care Tonya Clayton loves her subject and respects her readers. Her prose is clear, sinuous and delightful. Her transformation of scientific information into an accessible guide for the beach-loving non-specialist is a total success… .It’s a book all Gulf Coast residents and visitors should have handy in order to fully savor and revere the unique joys at the water’s edge.–Florida Weekly Clayton loves her subject and respects her readers. Her prose is clear, sinuous and delightful. Her transformation of scientific information into an accessible guide for the beachloving non-specialist is a total success.–Florida Weekly A delight to read.–The Understory
About The Author
Tonya Clayton
Tonya Clayton is a freelance science writer and editor.
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