Features of San Francisco Bay: From River Valley to Estuary , Figure 12
Schematic diagram of a marine terrace, indicating the relationship of the wave-cut platform to the shoreline angle and the overlying terrace deposits.
Source: The Geology from Santa Cruz to Point Aņo Nuevo-The San Gregorio Fault Zone and Pleistocene Marine Terraces by Weber, G., and Allwardt. A., In: Stoffer, Philip W. and Gordon, Leslie C. 2001 (eds.). Geology and Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Area, A Field-Trip Guidebook. U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2188. Field Trip 1, pp. 1-32. (Fig. 1.4)
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