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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Heyer MeldahlPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780520318397ISBN 10: 0520318390 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 05 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface 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 IndexReviewsReading 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 InformationKeith 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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