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The Nature of the Outer Banks: Environmental Processes, Field Sites, and Development Issues, Corolla to Ocracoke Paperback - 2012 - 2nd Edition

by Dirk Frankenberg; Foreword by Betsy Bennett

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North Carolina's Outer Banks are in constant motion, responding to weather, waves, and the rising sea level. Beaches erode, sometimes taking homes or sections of highway with them into the surf; sand dunes migrate with the wind; and storms open new inlets and dump sand in channels and sounds. A classic guide, The Nature of the Outer Banks describes these dynamic forces and guides visitors to sites where they can see these phenomena in action.

In the first section of the book, Dirk Frankenberg highlights three major processes on the Outer Banks: the rising sea level, movement of sand by wind and water, and stabilization of sand by plant life. In the second section, he provides a mile-by-mile field guide to the northern Banks, and in the final section, he alerts readers to the dangers of overdevelopment on the Outer Banks. In a new foreword for this edition, Betsy Bennett documents the ever-more-critical situation of these shifting sands.

Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

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North Carolina's Outer Banks, like barrier islands worldwide, are in constant motion, responding to weather, waves, and rising sea level. Beaches erode, sometimes taking homes or sections of highway with them into the surf; sand dunes migrate with the wind; and storms open new inlets and dump sand in channels and sounds. The Nature of the Outer Banks describes these dynamic natural forces, explaining how they affect barrier islands in general and the Banks in particular, and guides visitors to sites where they can see these phenomena in action.

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  • Title The Nature of the Outer Banks: Environmental Processes, Field Sites, and Development Issues, Corolla to Ocracoke
  • Author Dirk Frankenberg; Foreword by Betsy Bennett
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press
  • Publication date 2012-03-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780807872345 / 0807872342
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.4 x 6 x 0.5 in (18.80 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Geographic Orientation: North Carolina
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Category Nature
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.7

About the author

Dirk Frankenberg (1937-2000) was professor of marine sciences and director of the Marine Sciences Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several North Carolina nature guides.
Betsy Bennett is director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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