Griggs, Gary B.

Living with the changing California Coast [electronic resource] / Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, and Lauret Savoy ; with contributions by Reinhard Flick ... [et al.]. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005. - xi, 540 p. : ill., maps.

Rev. ed. of: Living with the California coast / edited by Gary Griggs and Lauret Savoy. 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-524) and index.

Introduction : a perspective on the coast of California ; The evolution of the California coast ; Weather, climate change, sea level and the coastline ; Understanding the shoreline ; The erosion of the coastline ; Building or buying on the coast ; Responding to coastal hazards / Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy -- California's coastal hazards : theory and practice / Charles Lester -- The northern California coast: The Oregon border to Cape Mendocino / Lauret Savoy, Gary Griggs and Derek Rust. Point Delgada to Point Arena / Dorothy Merritts, Lauret Savoy, Gary Griggs and Robert Walker. Point Arena to San Francisco / Lauret Savoy, Dorothy Merritts, Karen Grove and Robert Walker. The San Francisco coastline / Gary Griggs, Kim Fulton and Lauret Savoy. San Francisco to Ano Nuevo / Jerry Weber, Gary Griggs, Ken LaJoie and Scott Mathieson. Ano Nuevo to the Monterey Peninsula / Gary Griggs and Kiki Patsch. The Monterey Peninsula to Morro Bay / Cheryl Hapke. Morro Bay to Point Conception / Antony Orme. Point Conception to Rincon Point / Robert Norris and Kiki Patsch. Rincon Point to Santa Monica / Antony Orme -- The coast of southern California: Santa Monica to Dana Point / Douglas Sherman and Bernard Pipkin. Dana Point to the international border / Reinhard Flick -- App. A. References -- App. B. Geologic time line.


Electronic reproduction.
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2013.
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0520244451 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520244478 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520244450 9780520938670 (e-book)




Shore protection--California.
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Coastal zone management--California.


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