Geology Underfoot in Southern California
by Arthur G. Sylvester, Robert P. Sharp, and Allen F. Glazner.
Geology Underfoot in Southern California
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| Preface to the First Edition |
vii
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| Preface to the Second Edition |
viii
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| An Important Note to Readers |
ix
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| THE BIG PICTURE |
1
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| VIGNETTES | |
| 1. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the Cristianitos Fault |
15
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| Decommissioned and Inactive | |
| 2. Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve |
25
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| A Migrating Shoreline | |
| 3. San Onofre Breccia at Aliso Beach County Park |
35
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| A Vanished Landmass | |
| 4. Ventura Avenue Anticline |
45
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| An Oily, Growing Fold | |
| 5. Santa Barbara Harbor |
55
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| Perils of Tampering with Nature | |
| 6. Guadalupe Dunes |
65
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| An Ice Age Sand Lobe | |
| 7. Morro Rock and Other Knobs |
77
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| Roots of Ancient Volcanoes | |
| 8. San Simeon Beach Pebbles |
85
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| Sampling the Mysterious Franciscan Formation | |
| 9. The Whittier Narrows |
91
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| A Boon To Communication | |
| 10. Wheeler Ridge |
97
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| Gaps across a Rising Fold | |
| 11. Cajon Pass |
103
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| San Andreas Fault Paves the Way for I-15 | |
| 12. Red Rock Canyon |
117
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| Finding Faults in a Geologist's Training Ground | |
| 13. Rainbow Basin |
131
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| Geologic Laboratory along the Calico Fault | |
| 14. Amboy and Pisgah Craters |
147
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| Young Volcanoes in the Mojave Desert | |
| 15. Pleistocene Lake Manix |
165
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| Flamingos in the Desert | |
| 16. The Blackhawk Landslide |
173
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| Eighty Seconds of Catastrophe | |
| 17. Kelso Dunes |
185
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| A Huge Pile of Living Sand | |
| 18. Mitchell Caverns |
195
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| A California Rarity | |
| 19. The San Andreas Fault North of the San Gabriel Mountains |
207
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| The Elephant in the Room | |
| 20. Devils Punchbowl Natural Area |
221
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| A Noble Fold Caught between Faults | |
| 21. St. Francis Dam |
231
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| Disaster at Midnight, 12-13 March 1928 | |
| Glossary |
240
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| References Cited and Further Reading |
248
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| Index |
260
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