Rise and Fall of San Diego tells the prehistory of the San Diego area as recorded in the layers of sedimentary rocks. The land here has risen and fallen independently from the sea level which also has risen and fallen. The ever-changing landscapes and animal life through time are examined in this book. Numerous field-trips direct the reader to key localities to observe and understand the history stored in the rocks. Author Patrick L. Abbott has been a Professor of the Department of the Geological Studies, San Diego State University for the last 20 years. Over 60 articles in various publications and more than 20 published books have given him a deserved reputation as a prolific author and a recognized authority on the geology of San Diego County. He is a popular lecturer and field-trip guide who is frequently called upon by the media to interpret geological phenomena to San Diego residents.
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https://www.worldcat.org/title/rise-and-fall-of-san-diego-150-million-years-of-history-recorded-in-sedimentary-rocks/oclc/647058851
Author(s): Patrick L. Abbott
Edition: First
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
Year: 1999
Language: English
Commentary: OCR (Clearscan) @ 600 dpi, Bookmarked, Hyperlinked
Pages: 231
City: San Diego
Tags: Nature, Rocks & Minerals, Science, Earth Sciences, General, Life Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Science
Front Cover
Spline
Back Cover
Half Title Page
GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
Full Title Page
ISBN 0-932653-31-6
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Acknowledgments
FIGURES AND TABLES
CHAPTER 1 ROCKS AND TIME
Introduction
Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle
Sedimentary Rocks
Sediment Sizes and Names
Depositional Environments of Sediments
Some Principles of Sedimentary Rocks
Geologic Time
GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE BASED ON THE FOSSIL RECORD
GEOLOGIC TIME MEASURED FROM RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT DECAY
GEOLOGIC TIME MEASURED BY POLARITY REVERSALS OF EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
Sedimentary Rocks in San Diego
Further Reading
CHAPTER 2: JURASSIC HISTORY
Jurassic Sedimentary Rocks in San Diego
NAME OF JURASSIC STRATA
COMPOSITION OF JURASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Jurassic Field Trip: Los Peñasquitos Canyon
FIELD OBSERVATIONS
Jurassic Depositional Environment
CHAPTER 3 CRETACEOUS HISTORY
Cretaceous Sedimentary Rocks in San Diego
Cretaceous Formations
CRETACEOUS NONMARINE STRATA
CRETACEOUS MARINE STRATA
DETERMINING THE CRETACEOUS AGE
CRETACEOUS DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Paleontology
AMMONITES
FORAMINIFERA
DINOSAURS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Cretaceous Field Trip: Shallow- to Deep-Marine Strata Around La Jolla Bay to La Jolla Cove
Cretaceous Field Trip: Submarine Fan Strata on Southern Point Loma
CHAPTER 4 PALEOCENE HISTORY
Tectonics
Paleocene Sedimentary Record
Paleosols (Ancient Soils)
PALEOCENE PALEOSOL LOCALITIES
PALEOSOL CHARACTERISTICS
PALEOCENE CLIMATE
CHAPTER 5 EOCENE HISTORY
Tectonics
Eocene Climate and Paleogeography
Mammalian Evolution
MULTITUBERCULATES
Changing Sea Levels
Eocene Formations
Eocene Nonmarine Field Trip: Ramona-San Vicente Reservoir Area
Eocene Ballena River
SOURCE OF THE BALLENA RIVER
FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EOCENE BALLENA RIVER
Eocene Alluvial Fan System
Eocene Marine Field Trip: Beach Walk from Torrey Pines State Reserve to Scripps Pier
BEACH WALK, FIRST SEGMENT
BATHTUB ROCK
TORREY PINES LANDSLIDE
INDIAN TRAIL CANYON
BOX CANYON
MIOCENE VOLCANIC DIKE
MARINE WILDLIFE REFUGE
CHAPTER 6 OLIGOCENE HISTORY
Tectonics
Oligocene Climate
Oligocene Formations
OLIGOCENE AGE
BENTONITE
Oligocene Vertebrate Fossils
Oligocene Field Trip: Otay Valley Road
OTAY FORMATION GRITSTONE STOP
OTAY FORMATION SANDSTONE-MUDSTONE STOP
PLIOCENE SAN DIEGO FORMATION
CHAPTER 7 MIOCENE HISTORY
Salton Trough
Miocene Field Trip: Fish Creek Wash Through Split Mountain Gorgein Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
STOP 1: FISH CREEK WASH-PARK ENTRANCE OVERVIEW
STOP 2: THE WALL
STOP 3: THE AMPHITHEATER
STOP 4: THE FACE
STOP 5: THE BOULDER BED
STOP 6: SPLIT MOUNTAIN GORGE ANTICLINE
STOP 7: THE CRAZYCLINES
STOP 8: COLORADO RIVER DELTA
Continental Borderland
Miocene Field Trip: Rock Collecting in Northern Oceanside
CHAPTER 8 PLIOCENE HISTORY
Tectonics
Pliocene Climate
CHANGING SEA LEVELS
Pliocene Formation
Pliocene Fossils
MARINE INVERTEBRATES
FISHES
BIRDS
MARINE MAMMALS
Walrus
Whales
Pliocene Field Trips
Pliocene Field Trip: Tourmaline Surfing Park
Pliocene Field Trip: South Bay Amphitheater
CHAPTER 9 QUATERNARY HISTORY
Quaternary Rise and Fall of Sea Level
Tectonics
Marine Terraces
FORMATION OF MARINE TERRACES AND BEACH RIDGES
BEACH-RIDGE PALEOSOL AND PALEOCLIMATE
AGES OF SAN DIEGO MARINE TERRACES
DEFORMATION OF MARINE TERRACES
NESTOR TERRACE
Quaternary Faulting Shapes the Land
MOUNT SOLEDAD AND MISSION BAY
SAN DIEGO BAY
COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY
Quaternary Field Trip: Out and About in La Jolla
THE VIEW: TOP OF MOUNT SOLEDAD
SCRIPPS PARK AT LA JOLLA COVE
NORTH TORREY PINES ROADCUT
CROWN POINT AND PLEISTOCENE FOSSILS
TECOLOTE COMMUNITY PARK FEATURING A ROSE CANYON FAULT
REFERENCES
INDEX
