Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
Author:   Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520318397


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 November 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520318397


ISBN 10:   0520318390
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 November 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Time, Faults, and Moving Plates: A Recipe for Southern California 2. Tsunamis 3. Earthquakes 4. Disassembling Southern California 5. Waves and Surfing 6. Beaches and Coastal Bluffs 7. Sea-Level Changes and the Ice Ages Afterword Acknowledgments Appendix: Seeing for Yourself Glossary Notes on Sources Bibliography Index

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Reading Meldahl's Surf, Sand, and Stone brought back to me the thrill I felt when discovering geography... [Meldahl] describes often-complex processes in a dazzlingly clear, unpretentious, and entertaining style. --Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 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. --Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report (01/07/2016)


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. -- Ian Paulsen, * Birdbooker Report * Meldahl is a fine writer, easing his readers into difficult concepts gently, explaining them fully, providing excellent illustrations with fully explanatory captions and using the imagery of the everyday to make difficult concepts seem less so. * Geological Journal * Reading Meldahl's Surf, Sand, and Stone brought back to me the thrill I felt when discovering geography. . . . Meldahl has a terrific gift for explaining complex processes in accessible language, and the presentation feels honed to a pedagogic razor's edge by years of lecturing to intelligent surfer-students in Orange County. The book includes dozens of useful maps, photos, and diagrams. * Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers *


Reading Meldahl's Surf, Sand, and Stone brought back to me the thrill I felt when discovering geography... [Meldahl] describes often-complex processes in a dazzlingly clear, unpretentious, and entertaining style. * Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers * 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. -- Ian Paulsen * Birdbooker Report *


Author Information

Keith Heyer Meldahl is Professor of Geology and Oceanography at Mira Costa College and the author of two popular books, Hard Road West and Rough-Hewn Land (UC Press, 2011).

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