From the Book - Second edition.
Vignettes. San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the Cristianitos Fault, decommissioned and inactive
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, a migrating shoreline
San Onofre Breccia at Aliso Beach County Park, a vanished landmass
Ventura Avenue Anticline, an oily, growing fold
Santa Barbara Harbor, perils of tampering with nature
Guadalupe Dunes, an Ice Age sand lobe
Morro Rock and other knobs, roots of ancient volcanoes
San Simeon Beach pebbles, sampling the mysterious Franciscan formation
The Whittier Narrows, a boon to communication
Wheeler Ridge, gaps across a rising fold
Cajon Pass, San Andreas Fault paves the way for I-15
Red Rock Canyon, finding faults in a geologist's training ground
Rainbow Basin, geologic laboratory along the Calico Fault
Amboy and Pisgah Craters, young volcanoes in the Mojave Desert
Pleistocene Lake Manix, flamingos in the desert
The Blackhawk Landslide, eighty seconds of catastroph
Kelso Dunes, a huge pile of living sand
Mitchell Caverns, a California rarity
The San Andreas Fault north of the San Gabriel Mountains, the elephant in the room
Devils Punchbowl Natural Area, a noble fold caught between faults
St. Francis Dam, disaster at midnight, 12-13 March 1928.
