Making and Unmaking of the San Francisco Bay

ISBN-13: 9780367747718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 180 str.

Gary C. Howard; Matthew R. Kaser

Opis

San Francisco Bay is a shallow estuary surrounded by a large population. Plate tectonics, changes in climate and sea level, and human activity altered the Bay. This book describes the natural history and evolution of the SF Bay Area over the last 50 million years through the present and into the future.

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Chapter 1 California Now and Then Chapter 2 Geological Forces that Built the Bay Chapter 3 Water Chapter 4 Geomorphology of the Bay Area Chapter 5 Early Biology of the Bay Chapter 6 Humans Arrive Chapter 7 The Bay Today Chapter 8 Biology of the Bay Chapter 9 Restoring the Bay Chapter 10 Future of the Bay