Living with the Changing California Coast

Gary Griggs is Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is coauthor, with John A. Gilchrist, of Geologic Hazards: Resources and Land Use Planning (1983) and The Earth and Land Use Planning (1977). Kiki Patsch is Post-Graduate Researcher in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Lauret Savoy is Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College.

• 1. INTRODUCTION-A Perspective on the coast of California- Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy2. THE EVOLUTION OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST - Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy3. WEATHER, CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL AND THE COASTLINE - Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy4. UNDERSTANDING THE SHORELINE - Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy5. THE EROSION OF THE COASTLINE- Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy 6. BUILDING OR BUYING ON THE COAST - Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy 7. RESPONDING TO COASTAL HAZARDS- Gary Griggs, Kiki Patsch, Lauret Savoy 8. CALIFORNIA’S COASTAL HAZARDS: THEORY AND PRACTICE Charles Lester 9. THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST: THE OREGON BORDER TO CAPE MENDOCINOLauret Savoy, Gary Griggs, and Derek Rust 10. POINT DELGADA TO POINT ARENA Dorothy Merritts, Lauret Savoy, Gary Griggs and Robert Walker11. POINT ARENA TO SAN FRANCISCOLauret Savoy, Dorothy Merritts, Karen Grove and Robert Walker12. THE SAN FRANCISCO COASTLINEGary Griggs, Kim Fulton and Lauret Savoy13. SAN FRANCISCO TO ANO NUEVOJerry Weber, Gary Griggs, Ken LaJoie and Scott Mathieson14. ANO NUEVO TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULAGary Griggs and Kiki Patsch15. THE MONTEREY PENINSULA TO MORRO BAYCheryl Hapke16. MORRO BAY TO POINT CONCEPTIONAntony Orme17. POINT CONCEPTION TO RINCON POINTRobert Norris and Kiki Patsch18. RINCON POINT TO SANTA MONICAAntony Orme 19. THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: SANTA MONICA TO DANA POINTDouglas Sherman and Bernard Pipkin20. DANA POINT TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.Reinhard Flick APPENDIX A: ReferencesAPPENDIX B: Geologic Time Line

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