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Vanishing sands : losing beaches to mining /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934- (Author), Longo, Norma J., 1943- (Author), Neal, William J. (Author), Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson (Author), Pilkey, Keith C., 1965- (Author), Hayes, Hannah L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Sand and gravel mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Coasts > Environmental aspects.
Sea level > Environmental aspects.
Beaches > Environmental aspects.
Seashore ecology.
Mines and mineral resources > Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Who's Mining the Shore?
  • Sand: Earth's Most Remarkable Mineral Resource
  • Singapore Sand Bandits: Sitting on Asia's Sandpile
  • The Sands of Crime: Mafia, Sand Robbers, and Law Benders
  • Sand Rivers to the Beach: Choked Flow
  • Barbuda and Other Islands: Lessons from the Caribbean
  • A Summoner's Thirteen Tales: South America's Coastal Sand Mining
  • A Different Kind of Sand Mining: Legal but Destructive
  • Africa Sands: Desert Abundance-Coastal Dearth
  • Beach Mining: Truths and Solutions.