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EXPLORE:
* The San Andreas Fault and its dynamic—plus continuing—role in shifting both land and sea
* Unusual features including sink holes, sag ponds, submarine canyons & underground streams
* The role of glaciations in causing the development of coastal marine terraces
* Meet the area’s geologic superstars: Bowling Ball Beach, Devil’s Punchbowl, Witches’ Cauldron, sea stacks, gargoyles, blowholes, sea caves, the 8000’ Black Point Spilite and more
* Features nearly 50 diagrams, maps, and striking photos
* Includes an overview of human impact and climate change on the regional land and ocean
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The ideal primer for those interested in the often mysterious interplay of water, wind, earthquakes, and other geologic events, processes, and stressors at work in the natural world…
The 85-mile ROAD LOG provides precise instructions for a self-drive geological tour from Bodega Bay at Sonoma County’s southern tip to the tiny hamlet of Elk in Mendocino County (utilizing highway mile markers)—includes MUST-SEE features as well as suggestions for best hikes, picnic spots, public access beaches, campgrounds, side trips inland, and more…
While most geologic Road Logs only have a dozen or fewer stops, Shaping the Sonoma-Mendocino Coast has a whopping 150!
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