Meldahl Keith Heyer Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast 9780520318397

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Автор: Meldahl Keith Heyer
Название: Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
ISBN: 9780520318397
Издательство: Wiley
Классификация:

Геология и литосфера

Гидрология и гидросфера

Океанография (моря)

Естественная история

Земля: общая естественная история

ISBN-10: 0520318390
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 03.09.2019
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 15 line illustrations, 3 b-w images, 1 table, 68 color images
Размер: 218 x 139 x 13
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: How waves, earthquakes, and other forces shape the southern california coast
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Meldahl takes the reader on a tour of coastal Southern California, deftly explaining its complex geologic history, coastal geology, surfing spots, and the processes that shape them. Richly illustrated and told with great humor and enlightening analogies, Surf, Sand, and Stone is easily accessible yet contains valuable resources for those who want to delve deeper.--Mark Johnsson, staff geologist, California Coastal Commission

Surf, Sand, and Stone is an entertaining and very readable explanation of the complex geology and oceanography of the Southern California coast. Meldahl must be an excellent teacher as he has a real gift for writing about complex topics in a comfortable, engaging, and fascinating manner. --Gary Griggs, Director, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

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 Earths 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 Californias 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 phenomena. It takes readers from San Diego to Santa Barbara, revealing the evidence for how the coasts features came to be and how they are continually changing. 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.

Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast, Meldahl Keith Heyer