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Contributions in this collection discuss storm deposits dating from Neogene time between 23 and 1.8 million years ago, as well as the last 1.8 million years, including the Pleistocene and Holocene. As today, past hurricane events were responsible for the erosion of rocky shorelines due to the impact of storm waves, in addition to flood deposits due to heavy rainfall after big storms, resulting in landfall. The former typically resulted in coastal boulder deposits (CBDs) and the latter in coastal outwash deposits (CODs). Study locations covered by this treatment include three within the confines of Mexico’s Gulf of California and three in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands and Azores, as well as the coast of Norway. Rock types canvassed in these studies are dominated by igneous rocks that include surface flows such as andesite and basalt as well as surface exposures of plutonic rocks that originated deep below the surface such as granite and near-mantle rocks like low-grade chromite. These rock types reflect a range in rock density, which has an effect on the ability of storm waves to degrade rocky shores in the production of CBDs. The site-specific studies in this collection also share an application treating the shape of boulders resulting from shore erosion. The collection is introduced by a survey covering Neogene CODs registered in the geological literature and a concluding paper focused on the use of satellite images as a means for detecting previously unrecognized coastal storm deposits.

bibliography --- large clasts --- Miocene --- Pliocene --- rocky shore --- storm --- tsunami --- barrier boulder deposits --- hurricane storm surge --- hydrodynamic equation --- Gulf of California (Mexico) --- remote sensing --- bouldering tourism --- Iberian Peninsula --- Mediterranean --- Indonesia --- Central America --- coastal boulder deposits --- storm surge --- hydrodynamic equations --- Holocene --- Pleistocene --- MIS 5e (Marine Isotope Substage 5e) --- NE Atlantic Ocean --- storm waves --- western North America --- coastal storm deposits --- high-latitude settings --- upper pleistocene --- marine isotope substage 5e --- North Atlantic Ocean --- coastal erosion --- Marine Isotope Substage 5e --- Gulf of California --- n/a --- Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)

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Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, Watching Giants opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from her rich, often humorous, everyday experiences as a mother, a woman, and a scientist, takes us to the incredibly productive waters of the Gulf of California and beyond, to oceans around the world. Kelsey brings us along as she talks to leading cetacean researchers and marine ecologists about their intriguing discoveries. We encounter humpback whales that build nets from bubbles, gain a disturbing maternal perspective on the dolphin-tuna issue, uncover intimate details about whale sex, and contemplate the meaning of the complex social networks that exist in the seas. What emerges alongside these fascinating snapshots of whale culture is a dizzying sense of the tremendous speed with which we are changing the oceans' ecosystems-through overfishing, noise pollution, even real estate development. Watching Giants introduces a world of immense interconnectivity and beauty-one that is now facing imminent peril.

Whales. --- Whales --- aquatic mammals. --- blue whales. --- cetacean researchers. --- conservationist. --- creatures. --- dolphin tuna issue. --- dolphins. --- ecosystem. --- environmentalism. --- gulf of california. --- humpback whales. --- marine ecology. --- marine mammals. --- marine pollution. --- motherhood. --- nets from bubbles. --- noise pollution. --- ocean. --- oceanic creatures. --- open ocean. --- overfishing. --- personal experiences. --- phenomenon. --- save the whales. --- social networks. --- sperm whales. --- swimming. --- whale sex. --- whales.

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"The author documents ten years of explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez as a professor taking undergraduates on sea kayak expeditions to the Isla Espiritu Santo archipelago. He also tells of his experiences with a condor restoration project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir based in a field station on Bahia de los Angeles"--

Natural history --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Farnsworth, John Seibert --- Travel --- Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) --- California, Gulf of (Mexico) --- Cortés, Sea of (Mexico) --- Cortez, Sea of (Mexico) --- Golfo de California (Mexico) --- Gulf of California (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortés (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortez (Mexico) --- Vermilion Sea (Mexico) --- Description and travel. --- Travel. --- Natural history. --- TRAVEL --- NATURE --- Traveling --- Travelling --- Tourism --- Voyages and travels --- Essays & Travelogues. --- Special Interest --- Ecotourism. --- Reference. --- Essays. --- Pacific Ocean --- Mexico --- Anáhuac --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- Maxico --- Méjico --- Mekishiko --- Meḳsiḳe --- Meksiko --- Meksyk --- Messico --- Mexique (Country) --- República Mexicana --- Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku --- United Mexican States --- United States of Mexico --- מקסיקו --- メキシコ --- Mexican United States --- Sea of

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Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts (1897-1948) has reached legendary status in the California mythos. A true polymath and a thinker ahead of his time, Ricketts was a scientist who worked in passionate collaboration with many of his friends-artists, writers, and influential intellectual figures-including, perhaps most famously, John Steinbeck, who once said that Ricketts's mind "had no horizons." This unprecedented collection, featuring previously unpublished pieces as well as others available for the first time in their original form, reflects the wide scope of Ricketts's scientific, philosophical, and literary interests during the years he lived and worked on Cannery Row in Monterey, California. These writings, which together illuminate the evolution of Ricketts's unique, holistic approach to science, include "Verbatim transcription of notes on the Gulf of California trip," the basic manuscript for Steinbeck's and Ricketts's Log from the Sea of Cortez; the essays "The Philosophy of Breaking Through" and "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry;" several shorter pieces on topics including collecting invertebrates and the impact of modernization on Mexican village life; and more. An engaging critical biography and a number of rare photographs offer a new and richly detailed view of Ricketts's life.

Teleology. --- Marine invertebrates --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Aquatic invertebrates --- Marine animals --- Ricketts, Edward Flanders, --- Ricketts, Doc, --- Ricketts, Ed, --- Ricketts, Edward F. --- Travel --- California, Gulf of (Mexico) --- Pacific Coast (U.S.) --- Cortés, Sea of (Mexico) --- Cortez, Sea of (Mexico) --- Golfo de California (Mexico) --- Gulf of California (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortés (Mexico) --- Sea of Cortez (Mexico) --- Vermilion Sea (Mexico) --- West Coast (U.S.) --- Western Coast (U.S.) --- Description and travel. --- Ricketts, Edward Flanders, -- 1897-1948 -- Travel -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of.. --- Marine invertebrates -- Pacific Coast (U.S.). --- Marine invertebrates -- Mexico -- California, Gulf of.. --- Teleology.. --- Pacific Coast (U.S.) -- Description and travel.. --- California, Gulf of (Mexico) -- Description and travel. --- a spiritual morphology of poetry. --- biography. --- california. --- cannery row. --- conservation. --- earth sciences. --- ecology. --- edward ricketts. --- environment. --- environmentalism. --- gulf of california. --- invertebrates. --- log from the sea of cortez. --- marine biology. --- mexican village. --- mexico. --- monterey. --- natural history. --- natural world. --- naturalism. --- naturalist. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- oceanography. --- science. --- steinbeck. --- the philosophy of breaking through. --- travel writing. --- travel. --- travelogue. --- village. --- wildlife.