December 1996 Geotimes

Coastal Zones

December 1996

Table of Contents

Volume 41

Number 12

DEPARTMENTS

Letters

Calendar

About People

Classified Ads

Geologic Phenomena

Geologic Column

Geomedia

COMMENT

Mathematical Modeling in Coastal Geology
Orrin H. Pilkey & E. Robert Thieler Using models to manage coastal resources produces flawed science and flawed decisions.

NEWS AND FEATURES

NEWS NOTES
Janice O. Childress Blue-Skies are here again ... Slow earthquakes puzzle seismologists ... Small communities face water safety risk ... Earth scientists in space ... Microbes leave methane legacy ... Sounding out twisters ... Can science and technology solve environmental problems?

POLITICAL SCENE
David Applegate Last Impressions of the 104th Congress

Conflict on the Not-So-Fragile Barrier Islands
Stanley R. Riggs When real estate developers ignore the dynamics of coastal systems, natural processes ultimately prevail.

Surf as Coastal Resource: The Wave of the Future
Chad Nelsen & Peter Howd Coastal managers in California have recognized the quality of the surf as a resource to protect and restore.

Losing Oahu: Erosion on the Hawaiian Coast
Melanie Coyne, Robert Mullane, Charles Fletcher, & Bruce Richmond Attempts to prevent coastal erosion on Oahu are causing beaches to narrow or disappear.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

Geotimes Guide to Natural History Museums
Robert Mac West A pullout guide highlights selected museums and noteworthy exhibits.

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