Living with the changing California Coast:
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Main Author: Griggs, Gary B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press ©2005
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Item Description:Revised edition of: Living with the California coast / edited by Gary Griggs and Lauret Savoy. 1985
Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-524) and index
A perspective on the coast of California - The evolution of the California coast - Weather, climate change, sea level and the coastline - Understanding the shoreline - The erosion of the coastline - Building or buying on the coast - Responding to coastal hazards - Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy -- - An overview of California's coastal hazards : theory and practice - Charles Lester -- - The northern California coast : the Oregon border to Shelter Cove - Lauret Savoy, Gary Griggs and Derek Rust -- - Point Delgada to Point Arena - Point Arena to San Francisco - Lauret Savoy, Dorothy Merritts, Karen Grove and Robert Walker -- - The San Francisco coastline - Gary Griggs, Kim Fulton and Lauret Savoy -- - San Francisco to Ano Nuevo - Jerry Weber, Gary Griggs, Ken LaJoie and Scott Mathieson -- - Ano Nuevo to the Monterey Peninsula - Gary Griggs and Kiki Patsch -- - The Monterey Peninsula to Morro Bay - Cheryl Hapke -- - Morro Bay to Point Conception - Antony Orme -- - Point Conception to Rincon Point - Robert Norris and Kiki Patsch -- - Rincon Point to Santa Monica - Antony Orme -- - The coast of southern California : Santa Monica to Dana Point - Douglas Sherman and Bernard Pipkin -- - Dana Point to the international border - Reinhard Flick
Crowded into the beautiful, narrow strip at the edge of the ocean, the large number of people who live near California's dynamic coastline often have little awareness of the hazards--waves, tides, wind, storms, rain, and runoff--that erode and impact the coast and claim property on a regular basis. This up-to-date, authoritative, and easy-to-use book, a geological profile of the California coast from Mexico to the Oregon border, describes the landforms and processes that shape the coastline and beaches, documents how erosion has affected development, and discusses the options that are available
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 540 pages)
ISBN:0520938674
9780520938670

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