Gerald G. Kuhn - Sea Cliffs, Beaches, and Coastal Valleys of San Diego County: Some Amazing Histories and Some Horrifying Implications
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Californias coastal zones are areas of extreme vulnerability, subject to the vicissitudes of weather and prone to erosion, landslides, and flooding. Gerald Kuhn and Francis Shepard examine and analyze these threats to coastal stability in a thought-provoking and detailed study of the coastal area of San Diego County from the nineteenth century to the present. An invaluable resource for oceanographers, geologists, meteorologists, coastal engineers, property owners, developers, and planning and regulatory agencies.
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Sea Cliffs, Beaches, and Coastal Valleys of San Diego County
Some Amazing Histories and Some Horrifying Implications
Gerald G. Kuhn Francis P. Shepard
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. Oxford, England
Copyright 1984 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1991
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Kuhn, Gerald G. Sea cliffs, beaches, and coastal valleys of San Diego County, California.
Bibliography: p. 175 Includes index. 1. Coast changesCaliforniaSan Diego County. 2. San Diego County (Calif.)Climate. I. Shepard, Francis Parker, 1897 . II. Title. GB458.8.K84 1984 551.4570979498 83-18064 ISBN 0-520-07433-5
Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Part I General Character and Climatic History of Area
1
1. General Description of Coastal Area
3
2. Methods of Study
9
3. Climatic Changes in the Past Few Centuries
13
Explosive Volcanic Eruptions and the Immense Alteration of Weather Associated with Them
14
Data Analysis
24
Conclusions
28
Great Windstorms of the Nineteenth Century
29
Great Floods of the Nineteenth Century
31
Infrequent Floods of the Early Twentieth Century
37
Part II Description of Coastal History in Geographic Sequence
39
4. San Onofre and Camp Pendleton Area
41
Oceanside Littoral Cell
41
The Faulted Coast at San Onofre and the Nuclear Power Plant
41
Nature of Coastal Cliffs and Canyon Erosion
44
Accelerated Erosion Caused by Man
46
Bar System Formed by Rapid Canyon Cutting and Landslides
49
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5. Santa Margarita River South through Oceanside and Carlsbad
51
Description of the Area
51
Works of Man
52
Harbor Construction: At Camp Pendleton and North of Oceanside
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