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"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 Earth's 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 California's 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 coast's 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.
Coast changes --- Geomorphology --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Landforms --- Coastal erosion --- Coasts --- Shore erosion --- Littoral drift --- Erosion --- Geomorphology - California, Southern. --- california earthquakes. --- california fault lines. --- california geology. --- california tsunamis. --- coastal geology. --- coastal science. --- coastal shifts california. --- earth sciences. --- earth studies. --- geology. --- geomorphology. --- north american plate. --- oak ridge fault. --- oceanography. --- outdoor science. --- pacific plate. --- san andreas fault. --- santa ynez fault. --- southern california coastline. --- southern california. --- tectonic plates california. --- tectonic plates. --- tectonic shift.
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Why does a bit of ocean floor lie on top of Mt. Diablo? Why is Red Rock, that small, knobby island in San Francisco Bay, red? Why is Loma Prieta high? This book is for San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors who want to explore the geologic world of this spectacular area, to learn about its shapes, colors, and rocky foundations. Doris Sloan illuminates the colorful geologic mosaic that surrounds San Francisco Bay and lucidly explains the complex and fascinating processes that have forged it over millions of years. In a lively and engaging style, Sloan describes forces such as the movement of tectonic plates, erosion, the waves on the coast, and human activity. She provides background information on the processes, time frame, and rocks that are the key to understanding the Bay Area landscape and geologic history, then turns to distinct regions of the Bay Area and to San Francisco Bay itself. * Superbly illustrated with 139 color photographs, 41 drawings, and 29 maps * Covers Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties * Gives clear, nontechnical explanations of complex topics including plate tectonics and the Bay Area's fault systems * Suggests locales in parks and open space preserves to view Bay Area geology in action
Geology --- alameda. --- america. --- bay area landscape. --- bay area residents. --- bay area. --- california. --- color photographs. --- contra costa. --- easy to read. --- erosion. --- fault systems. --- field guide. --- geologic formations. --- geologic history. --- geologic processes. --- geologists. --- human impact. --- illustrated. --- marin. --- napa. --- natural sciences. --- regional geology. --- regional history. --- rock formations. --- san franciscans. --- san francisco bay. --- san francisco. --- san mateo. --- santa clara. --- solano. --- sonoma. --- tectonic plates. --- tourism guide.
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Earth's fractured geology is visible in its fault lines. It is along these lines that earthquakes occur, sometimes with disastrous effects. These disturbances can significantly influence urban development, as seen in the aftermath of two earthquakes in Messina, Italy, in 1908 and in the Belice Valley, Sicily, in 1968. Following the history of these places before and after their destruction, this book explores plans and developments that preceded the disasters and the urbanism that emerged from the ruins. These stories explore fault lines between "rural" and "urban," "backwardness" and "development," and "before" and "after," shedding light on the role of environmental forces in the history of human habitats.
Earthquake resistant design --- Earthquake engineering --- Earthquakes --- City planning --- History --- Messina (Italy) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- belice valley. --- catastrophe. --- destruction. --- earthquakes. --- engaging. --- environmental forces. --- environmental history. --- fault lines. --- geology. --- government and governing. --- historiographical references. --- human habitats. --- innovative study. --- italian history. --- italy. --- messina. --- natural disasters. --- phenomenon. --- politics. --- science. --- scientists. --- seismic events. --- seismology. --- sicily. --- social sciences. --- study of disasters. --- tectonic plates. --- theoretical. --- tragedy. --- urban planning. --- urbanism.
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Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the recordings of seismographs but also on the observations of eyewitnesses to destruction. During the nineteenth century, a scientific description of an earthquake was built of stories-stories from as many people in as many situations as possible. Sometimes their stories told of fear and devastation, sometimes of wonder and excitement. In The Earthquake Observers, Deborah R. Coen acquaints readers not only with the century's most eloquent seismic commentators, including Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Karl Kraus, Ernst Mach, John Muir, and William James, but also with countless other citizen-observers, many of whom were women. Coen explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Seismology abandoned this project of citizen science with the introduction of the Richter Scale in the 1930s, only to revive it in the twenty-first century in the face of new hazards and uncertainties. The Earthquake Observers tells the history of this interrupted dialogue between scientists and citizens about living with environmental risk.
Earthquakes --- Seismology --- Observations --- History --- History. --- earthquakes, destruction, natural disasters, alexander von humboldt, charles darwin, mark twain, chalres dickens, karl kraus, ernst mach, john muir, william james, women, gender, memoir, scientific research, physical sciences, geology, citizen science, richter scale, nature, environment, environmentalism, nonfiction, seismology, history, scotland, switzerland, hazard, danger, panic, confusion, fault lines, tectonic plates, austria, california, conservation, preservation, stem.
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"Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book, Meldahl takes readers on a 1000-mile-long field trip back through more than 100 million years of deep time to explore America's most spectacular and scientifically intriguing landscapes. He places us on the outcrops, rock hammer in hand, to examine the evidence for how these rough-hewn lands came to be. We see California and its gold assembled from pieces of old ocean floor and the relentless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. We witness the birth of the Rockies. And we investigate the violent earthquakes that continue to shape the region today. Into the West's geologic story, Meldahl also weaves its human history. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we learn how geologic forces have shaped human experience in the past and how they direct the fate of the West today.
Geology --- West (U.S.) --- History. --- american geography. --- american history. --- american landscapes. --- american west geology. --- american west topography. --- california geology. --- california history. --- california topography. --- donner party. --- earth sciences. --- geoscience. --- gold rush. --- golden state. --- great plains. --- historical geography. --- history of the west. --- how the west was made. --- john c fremont. --- mark twain. --- nature and science. --- pioneer history. --- rocky mountains. --- science and geology. --- seismic tomography. --- tectonic plates. --- wanderlust. --- western mountains. --- western united states.
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