From sunny beaches where thousands escape the summer’s heat to wild and isolated rocky cliffs, California boasts one of the most spectacular and diverse shorelines in the world. Accompanied by numerous... Read More
Description
From sunny beaches where thousands escape the summer’s heat to wild and isolated rocky cliffs, California boasts one of the most spectacular and diverse shorelines in the world. Accompanied by numerous color photographs, diagrams, and maps, this guide explains why California’s Pacific Coast looks and works the way it does. Gary Griggs explores the dynamic forces that have created beaches and the coastline through lively discussions of tectonics, the formation of waves, rain and wind, changing climates and sea levels, human impacts, and coastal erosion. The guide answers such questions as:
• Where does all that sand come from?
• Can we harness the energy of waves?
• How fast does the coastline erode?
• What lies just off shore beneath the waves?
• Where does all that sand come from?
• Can we harness the energy of waves?
• How fast does the coastline erode?
• What lies just off shore beneath the waves?
Details
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 328
- Carton Quantity: 24
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Series: California Natural History Guides
- Publication Date: 22nd June 2010
- Trim Size: 4.5 x 7.25 in
- Illustration Note: 183 color illustrations, 13 line illustrations, 20 maps
- ISBN: 9780520262904
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
NATURE / General
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Reviews
- Pacific Horticulture“Griggs is a first-class writer who knows the coastline.”
- Mountain Democrat“A fascinating book.”
- Journal of Coastal Research“A treasure trove of information about California’s beaches and coast. . . . Extremely informative and useful.”
- Californian“This comprehensive and fascinating book is a must-read for anyone who lives on or near the coast.”
- Coastviews“There’s much in this book that should fascinate anyone living along the California coastline.”
Author Bio
From sunny beaches where thousands escape the summer’s heat to wild and isolated rocky cliffs, California boasts one of the most spectacular and diverse shorelines in the world. Accompanied by numerous color photographs, diagrams, and maps, this guide explains why California’s Pacific Coast looks and works the way it does. Gary Griggs explores the dynamic forces that have created beaches and the coastline through lively discussions of tectonics, the formation of waves, rain and wind, changing climates and sea levels, human impacts, and coastal erosion. The guide answers such questions as:
• Where does all that sand come from?
• Can we harness the energy of waves?
• How fast does the coastline erode?
• What lies just off shore beneath the waves?
• Where does all that sand come from?
• Can we harness the energy of waves?
• How fast does the coastline erode?
• What lies just off shore beneath the waves?
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 328
- Carton Quantity: 24
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Imprint: University of California Press
- Series: California Natural History Guides
- Publication Date: 22nd June 2010
- Trim Size: 4.5 x 7.25 in
- Illustrations Note: 183 color illustrations, 13 line illustrations, 20 maps
- ISBN: 9780520262904
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
NATURE / General
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
– Pacific Horticulture“Griggs is a first-class writer who knows the coastline.”
– Mountain Democrat“A fascinating book.”
– Journal of Coastal Research“A treasure trove of information about California’s beaches and coast. . . . Extremely informative and useful.”
– Californian“This comprehensive and fascinating book is a must-read for anyone who lives on or near the coast.”
– Coastviews“There’s much in this book that should fascinate anyone living along the California coastline.”