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Author:

Meldahl, Keith Heyer, author.

Title:

Surf, sand, and stone : how waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the Southern California coast / Keith Heyer Meldahl.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Coast changes--California, Southern.
Geomorphology--California, Southern.
Coast changes.
Geomorphology.
California, Southern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.

Contents:

Time, faults, and moving plates : a recipe for Southern California -- Tsunamis -- Earthquakes -- Disassembling Southern California -- Waves and surfing -- Beaches and coastal bluffs -- Sea level changes and the ice ages.

Summary:

"Meldahl tells the scientific story of the Southern California coast by blending research from geology and oceanography with a compelling narrative and clear illustrations that take readers out in the field with the author to learn about the processes that have generated the coast as it exists today and how the region will change in the future. The author's geographic scope spans from San Diego to Point Conception, taking in coastal portions of San Diego, Orange, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara counties"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0520280040
9780520280045

LCCN:

2014048460

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)