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Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
Keith Heyer Meldahl
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Description for Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
Hardback. Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth's crust to create rugged landscapes and seascapes riven with active faults. This book tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast. Num Pages: 271 pages, 15 line illustrations, 3 b/w images, 1 table, 68 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RBG; RBKC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth's crust to create rugged landscapes and seascapes riven with active faults. Movement along these faults triggers earthquakes and tsunamis, pushes up mountains, and lifts sections of coastline. Over geologic time, beaches come and go, coastal bluffs retreat, and the sea rises and falls. Nothing about Southern California's coast is stable. Surf, Sand, and Stone tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast: its mountains, islands, beaches, bluffs, surfing waves, earthquakes, and related ... Read more
Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth's crust to create rugged landscapes and seascapes riven with active faults. Movement along these faults triggers earthquakes and tsunamis, pushes up mountains, and lifts sections of coastline. Over geologic time, beaches come and go, coastal bluffs retreat, and the sea rises and falls. Nothing about Southern California's coast is stable. Surf, Sand, and Stone tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast: its mountains, islands, beaches, bluffs, surfing waves, earthquakes, and related ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520280045
SKU
V9780520280045
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Keith Heyer Meldahl
Keith Heyer Meldahl is Professor of Geology and Oceanography at Mira Costa College and the author of two popular books, Hard Road West and Rough-Hewn Land (UC Press, 2011).
Reviews for Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
"With a compelling narrative and clear illustrations, Surf, Sand, and Stone outlines how the coast will be altered in the future and how we can best prepare for it."
Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report "Reading Meldahl's Surf, Sand, and Stone brought back to me the thrill I felt when discovering geography... [Meldahl] describes often-complex processes in a dazzlingly clear, unpretentious, ... Read more
Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report "Reading Meldahl's Surf, Sand, and Stone brought back to me the thrill I felt when discovering geography... [Meldahl] describes often-complex processes in a dazzlingly clear, unpretentious, ... Read more