Author : American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Coasts
ISBN :
Author : Clarence A. Hall Jr.
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520933265
With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in southern California's geology and native plants. Covering an extensive area, north from San Diego to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada and east to the Mojave and Colorado deserts, its unique, comprehensive approach brings together for the first time the basic principles of geology, the story of plate tectonics, in-depth discussion of the geology of many specific locales within the region, and information on identifying southern California's native plants.
Author : Gerald G. Kuhn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 30,54 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520074330
00 California's coastal zones are areas of extreme vulnerability, subject to the vicissitudes of weather and prone to erosion, landslides, and flooding. Gerald Kuhn and Francis Shepard examine and analyze these threats to coastal stability in a thought-provoking and detailed study of the coastal area of San Diego County from the nineteenth century to the present. An invaluable resource for oceanographers, geologists, meteorologists, coastal engineers, property owners, developers, and planning and regulatory agencies. California's coastal zones are areas of extreme vulnerability, subject to the vicissitudes of weather and prone to erosion, landslides, and flooding. Gerald Kuhn and Francis Shepard examine and analyze these threats to coastal stability in a thought-provoking and detailed study of the coastal area of San Diego County from the nineteenth century to the present. An invaluable resource for oceanographers, geologists, meteorologists, coastal engineers, property owners, developers, and planning and regulatory agencies.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 16,48 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Author : Barbara B. Birnbaum
Publisher : San Diego Geological Soc
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN :
The coastal geology of the San Diego region is explored in this guidebook. Self-guiding road logs range throughout the coastal plain from San Ysidro to the Torrey Pines/La Jolla coastline. Technical papers focus on coastal processes and engineering geology.
Author : Mary Elizabeth Harris
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Author : San Diego Coast Regional Commission
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN :
Author : California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Coast changes
ISBN :
Author : Richard A. Spohn
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,58 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780913312971
Author : Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780878422890
Twenty vignettes focus on particular geologic scenes, relationships, and features of southern California's active landscape.
