Earth science in the urban ocean
Subtitle: the Southern California continental borderland
By: edited by Homa J. Lee, William R. Normark.
Contributors: Lee, Homa J.; Normark, William R.
Series: Special paper -- 454
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9780813724546
Subjects: Submarine geology -- California, Southern Reigon; Coastal sediments -- California, Southern Reigon; Ocean bottom -- California, Southern Region; Borderlands -- California, Southern Region
Description: Section 1 deals with surficial seafloor mapping and characterization. Sections 2 and 3 deal with fundamental geologic and oceanographic processes that introduce, transport, and deposit sediment particles and contaminants in the Southern California Bight. The remaining three sections investigate the impacts the geologic and oceanographic environments have on the human inhabitants in Southern California and the related impacts these inhabitants have on the environment.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.