Comments on: Photos: Tetrapod beaches of Japan

By: chetan

chetan — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:55:26 +0000

so the solution on it using the geotube which is ecofriendly to nature

By: chetan

chetan — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:49:06 +0000

what is the size of one tetrapod and what is the amount of concrete required for casting one tetrapod ,and what is the cost of one tetrapod or how many tetrapod are required for covering 400m area with height 6m

By: Susan Jean

Susan Jean — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:26:23 +0000

I don't like the tetrapods, especially because they disrupt the natural way of beaches and ocean waves.

By: Kyoto Seika University Graduation Show 2012 | Spoon & Tamago

Kyoto Seika University Graduation Show 2012 | Spoon & Tamago — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:56:50 +0000

[...] iconic tetrapod, made from piled up [...]

By: Destinations | Pearltrees

Destinations | Pearltrees — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:24:22 +0000

[...] Photos: Tetrapod beaches of Japan ~ Pink Tentacle - StumbleUpon Yakushima (Photo: TommyOshima ) [...]

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:56:06 +0000

I'm not a geologist, but the last photo seems to indicate sediment capture by the tetrapods, nearly proving the effect of the tetrapods at keeping the island geographically intact, though I wonder how long and will be the likely consequences of concrete failure over time.

And to the point of the author's commentary, this should definitely have been done by private property owners rather through the threat of violence (read: government), even if proven extremely effective. Most likely it would have been done more efficiently and with less environmental impact as well.

By: Brad Blodgett (bblodgett) | Pearltrees

Brad Blodgett (bblodgett) | Pearltrees — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:02:53 +0000

[...] Yakushima (Photo: TommyOshima ) Photos: Tetrapod beaches of Japan ~ Pink Tentacle [...]

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Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:59:15 +0000

[...] Photos: Tetrapod beaches of Japan [...]

By: Kasia

Kasia — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:51:05 +0000

They have them in Santa Cruz, CA. We have a beach where they just used granite boulders and they came loose and roll around on the ocean floor by the beach now. There's a surfer who hangs about who has a huge scar on his face from getting sucked under one of them. So they may not be as pretty as the natural coastline, but we have a highly erosional coast in our bay and these "tetrapods" never come loose like those boulders.

By: SORIN

SORIN — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:35:55 +0000

The tetrapods found in Romania have a very interesting geometric configuration and also offer much more stability than those presented above.