Geology Underfoot in Southern California - Table of Contents
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The Big Picture
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1
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Vignettes:
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1. San Onofre Nuclear Reactors and the Cristianitos Fault
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9
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2. A Migrating Shoreline
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The Story in the Bluffs at Torrey Pines State Reserve
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19
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3. A Vanished Landmass
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San Onofre Breccia at Aliso Beach
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29
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4. A Growing Fold
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Ventura Anticline
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37
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5. Perils of Tampering with Nature
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The Harbor at Santa Barbara
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47
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6. An Ice Age Sand Lobe
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Nipomo Dunes
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57
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7. Roots of Ancient Volcanoes
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Morro Rock and Other Knobs
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65
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8. Sampling the Mysterious Franciscan Formation
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San Simeon Beach Pebbles
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71
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9. A Boon To Communication
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The Whittier Narrows
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77
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10. Wheeler Ridge
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Its Gift to the Edmund G. Brown (California) Aqueduct
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75
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11. The San Andreas Fault and Cajon Creek Cooperate
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Cajon Pass
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89
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12. Red Rock Canyon
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A Geologic Library
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101
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13. A Great Natural Geological Laboratory
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Rainbow Basin
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111
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14. Young Volcanoes in the Mojave Desert
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Walking About at Amboy and Pisgah Craters
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125
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15. Flamingos in the Desert
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Pluvial Lake Manix
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141
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16. Eighty Seconds of Catastrophe
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The Blackhawk Slide
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147
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17. A Huge Pile of Living Sand
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Kelso Dunes
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159
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18. A California Rarity
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Mitchell Caverns
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171
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19. Volcanic Devastation
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The Bishop Tuff
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181
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20. An Intimate Contact with Volcanic Phenomena
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Hot Creek
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191
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Glossary
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201
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Sources of Supplementary Information
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211
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Index
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214
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