"Shawn W. Baker" wrote: > > Bob (or anyone else familiar with the book), can you give those of us > unfamiliar with _Waves and Beaches_ a brief "book report"? Lucid, written for the lay public, treatise on waves of all types from tsunamis to ripples. Includes effects of currents and waves on landforms: erosion, mass wasting, underwater sand transport, etc. Best introductory text I know of for getting a person thinking about waves and beaches. Good pictures, diagrams, and explanations. Author was one of the "original" oceanographers (started before sea-floor spreading was a baby). Spent the better part of two winters in the late 40's surveying beaches of the west coast (of the US) using an amphibious vehicle (a Dukw) to "surf" in to the beach while heaving a lead line and radioing depth info to a team of recorders who triangulated the position of the Dukw. "Surfed" the thing in double overhead stuff. Crazy and dumb or fearless and dumb! <G> -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 02 2000 - 20:44:29 PST
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