Introduction to California's beaches and coast:
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Berkeley [u.a.]
Univ. of California Press
2010
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| Series: | California natural history guides
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 313 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780520262898 9780520262904 |
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INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY OF C A L I FO~R N I A P R-ES S ^.BERKELEY LOS
ANGELES LONDON CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE
COAST AND BEACHES OF CALIFORNIA 1 1. THE EVOLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA
COAST 9 THINKING GEOLOGICALLY 10 ASSEMBLING THE PIECES: THE GEOLOGIC
ORIGIN OF CALIFORNIA 11 MAKING SENSE OF THE LANDSCAPE: THE DISTRIBUTION
OF COASTAL LANDFORMS 23 STEEP CLIFFS AND RUGGED MOUNTAINS 27 LEVEL
PLAYING FIELDS: UPLIFTED MARINE TERRACES 30 NEXT TO THE RISING TIDE:
BEACHES, BAYS AND ESTUARIES 38 COASTAL SAND PILES 42 2. WEATHER,
CLIMATE, AND CLIMATE CHANGE 53 FROM RAIN FOREST TO DESERT: AN
INTRODUCTION TO CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL CLIMATE 54 CALIFORNIA'S COASTAL
CLIMATE: AN ALMOST ENDLESS SUMMER 56 EL NINO AND INTERDECADAL CLIMATE
OSCILLATIONS 61 WHAT IS EL NINO? 61 PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATIONS AND THE
COAST OF CALIFORNIA 66 JUNE GLOOM: COASTAL FOG AND WHY WE NEED IT 70 3.
SEA LEVEL CHANGES 75 THE CHANGING LEVEL OF THE OCEAN 76 THE TIDES: YOU
CANNOT ESCAPE GRAVITY 77 SHORT-TERM SEA LEVEL CHANGES: NEVER TURN YOUR
BACK ON THE OCEAN 79 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND LONG-TERM SEA LEVEL
FLUCTUATIONS 80 GLOBAL WARMING AND FUTURE PREDICTIONS: WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT NEXT? 95 4. WAVES AND THE SHORELINE 101 THE OCEAN IN MOTION 102
THE ENDLESS SUMMER: WIND AND WAVES 102 ROGUE OR GIANT WAVES 109 THE END
OF A LONG JOURNEY: WAVES MEET THE SHORELINE 110 WAVE ENERGY: CAN WE USE
IT? 113 WAITING FOR THE PERFECT WAVE: WAVE INTERFERENCE AND SETS 116
REFRACTION: BENDING THE WAVES 117 CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST WAVES: WHAT'S UP
AT MAVERICKS 120 WAVE REFLECTION: REVERSING ENERGY FLOW 125 WAVE
DIFFRACTION: SPREADING OUT THE ENERGY 127 SHOULD CALIFORNIA WORRY ABOUT
TSUNAMIS? 128 5. BEACHES AND SAND 139 WHAT IS IT ABOUT BEACHES? 140
BEACHES: KEEPING IN SHAPE 141 WHERE DOES ALL THE BEACH SAND COME FROM?
154 NO TIME FOR REST: BEACH SAND IN MOTION 161 HERE TODAY, GONE
TOMORROW: SEASONAL BEACH CHANGES 161 THE COARSER THE GRAINS, THE STEEPER
THE BEACH 164 GOING WITH THE FLOW: LITTORAL DRIFT 166 CALIFORNIA'S
BIGGEST SAND BOXES: LITTORAL CELLS 172 WHERE DOES ALL THAT SAND GO? 173
BLOWING IN THE WIND: SAND LOSSES TO DUNES 173 SLIP SLIDING AWAY: SAND
LOSSES INTO SUBMARINE CANYONS 175 DISAPPEARING BEACHES: CUTTING OFF THE
SAND 177 RESTORING AND NOURISHING BEACHES 184 WHAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER
ABOUT BEACHES 190 6. THE OFFSHORE AREA: BEYOND THE COASTLINE 193 OUR
UNDERWATER EDGE: THE CONTINENTAL SHELF 194 GRAND CANYONS ON THE SEAFLOOR
195 SEEING THROUGH THE WATER: IMAGING THE SEAFLOOR OFFSHORE 202 FLOODED
REAL ESTATE: THE SEAFLOOR OFF LOS ANGELES 203 CANYONS AND LANDSLIDES:
THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL 204 WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SEA: BIG SUR
AND MONTEREY BAY 205 BELOW MAVERICKS 207 UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE 207
RESOURCES OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF 212 OFFSHORE ENERGY 212 LIVING MARINE
RESOURCES 215 LOOKING OFFSHORE: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS 222 7. THE RETREAT
OF THE COASTLINE 225 LOSING GROUND: THE EFFECTS OF A RISING SEA LEVEL
226 WORN AT THE EDGES: HOW DOES THE COASTLINE ERODE? 228 A RAPID
RETREAT: HOW FAST IS THE COASTLINE ERODING? 238 LIVING ON THE EDGE: THE
HAZARDS OF OCEANFRONT LIVING 241 BUILDING ON THE SAND: BEACH
CONSTRUCTION 244 BLOWN AWAY: BUILDING ON THE DUNES 249 ERODING CLIFFS
AND BLUFFS: THE COST OF A 180-DEGREE OCEAN VIEW 256 8. PATTERNS ALONG
THE COASTLINE 265 CURIOUS FEATURES ON BEACHES 266 'BEACH CUSPS: SCALLOPS
ON THE SHORELINE 266 SWASH MARKS: COVERING YOUR FOOTPRINTS 269 RILL
MARKS: SORTING OUT THE SAND 270 RIPPLE MARKS: A CORDUROY SHORELINE 271
BEACH SCARPS: WATCH YOUR STEP 273 PATTERNS IN THE ROCKS 274 CONTORTED
AND TWISTED: THE BEDDED CHERTS OF THE MARIN HEADLANDS 275 TAFONI: FULL
OF HOLES 278 CONCRETIONS: HARD AT THE CENTER 280 BEDROCK BORINGS: STUCK
IN THE ROCK 282 SEDIMENTARY INTRUSIONS: QUICKSAND PRESERVED 284 SPOTS IN
THE ROCKS 287 TRACE FOSSILS: ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEAFLOOR 289 9.
LOOKING BACK: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS 295 INDEX 299 |
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