| Description |
ii, 214 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, color plates, maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Forming new ocean basins and sliding of continents -- Waves and currents -- the unsteady sea -- Catastrophic waves -- Why are coasts so different in character? -- Will our beaches disappear? -- Changing coastlines in historical times -- Continental shelves and their treasure chests -- Coral reef wonderlands -- Huge canyons that cut the continental slopes -- The deep-sea floor |
| Analysis |
Atolls. Monde. 1977 |
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Courants marins. Monde. 1977 |
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Monde. Morphologie sous marine. 1977 |
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Morphologie littorale. Monde. 1977 |
| Notes |
Simultaneously published, St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Submarine geology.
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Coast changes.
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Submarine geology.
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| LC no. |
76054533 |
| ISBN |
0844810649 |
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9780844810645 |
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