The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline

This book, written by a group of US costal geologists, and part funded by The Santa Aguila Foundation which works for the protection of coastline throughout the world, is intended to be a popular and authoritative introduction to the science of coastlines, and particularly of beaches. Beaches are the accumulation of small mineral particles that under certain circumstances can accumulate along the coast. The particles range from mud and sand to quite large boulders. A beach can consist of biological detritus, most usually shells and parts of shells. It will also contain anything else washed up – seaweed, broken coral,...