Pacific Beach Terraces
| Name: | Pacific Beach Terraces |
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| Date: | 10/19/2006 |
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| Location: | Tourmaline Beach San Diego California |
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Located in one of San Diego’s most lively hotspots of Pacific Beach lies a
spectacular testament to San Diego’s geologic history, just south of La Jolla California is Tourmaline
Beach. As your descending the stairs from the beach parking lot, your eyes are treated to 65 million
years of history.
The exposed cliffs of Tourmaline state beach are like an open book revealing the geologic history
of San Diego’s coastal past. The sedimentary layers represent periods of deposition, and
unconformities which provide a recorded transcript of millions of years past.
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