Atlantic Coast Beaches: A Guide to Ripples, Dunes, and Other Natural Features of the Seashore

At first glance, the beach may appear to be an endless, flat, monotone landscape meant only for swimming, snoozing, or working on you tan. Upon closer inspection, though, the beach reveals that it has myriad treasures for the curious to locate, such as ephemeral beach ripples decorating the sand, traces of miniature organisms inscribed on dunes, and armored mudballs. Atlantic Coast beaches, from Maine to Florida, are full of amazing features formed by the intereactions between tides currents, bedrock, weather, beach critters, and much more.