| Autor: |
Ackerman, Jennifer, Belt, Annie Griffiths |
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National Geographic; Aug97, Vol. 192 Issue 2, p1, 30p, 20 Color Photographs, 4 Black and White Photographs, 7 Diagrams |
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Discusses the evolution, natural formation, constant change of and effects of human development on the barrier islands of the US Atlantic coast. Comments from Orrin Pilkey, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Stephen J. Leatherman, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at the University of Maryland, Ken Smith, founder of Coastal Advocate; Effects of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act; Vulnerability of islands to natural and human forces. |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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