The rise and fall of San Diego : 150 million years of history recorded in sedimentary rocks

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. Check out the companion video at https://youtu.be/-drjJoRGfAk https://www.worldcat.org/title/rise-and-fall-of-san-diego-150-million-years-of-history-recorded-in-sedimentary-rocks/oclc/647058851 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

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.

This volume tells the prehistory of the San Diego area as recorded in the layers of sedimentary rocks. The land in the San Diego area 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