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Main Title Waves and beaches : the dynamics of the ocean surface /
Author Bascom, Willard,
Publisher Anchor Books,
Year Published 1964
OCLC Number 00492129
Subjects Ocean waves ; Beaches ; Bathing Beaches ; Meer ; Vagues ; Littoraux--Modifications ; Plages ; Meer--(DE-588)4038301-5
Additional Subjects Beaches ; Ocean waves
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ERAM  GC211.B3 1964 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 12/01/2014
Edition {1st ed.}
Collation xii, 267 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, diagrams ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction -- Ideal waves -- Wind waves -- Waves in shallow water -- Tides and seiches -- Impulsively generated waves -- Measuring waves and making waves -- The surf -- Beaches -- The littoral conveyor belt -- Man against the sea. This book deals with the formation of waves that travel on the surface between ocean and atmosphere.