Introduction to California's Beaches and Coast: Volume 99

by Gary B. Griggs

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520262905
• ISBN13: 9780520262904
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.1"