Gravel Beach

A small pocket beach, trapped between a headland of historic fill and the breakwater of the Cap Sante Marina. The original shoreline was se...

There is something ominous about this place - huge soft flats, huge tide range. No wonder they post warnings about going out on the sand. ...

Seward - another case study in geological hazards. Most of the town is built on the alluvial fan at the base of Lowell Creek. That's g...

In 1964 a large subdivision, perched on the Bootlegger Cove clay and within sight of downtown Anchorage, collapsed in a heap onto the sho...

This beach is west of Anchorage, near where Cook Inlet splits to form Turnagain Arm and Knik Arm (this beach is on the latter). The tide ra...

For a blog titled Gravel Beach, this particular post is weighted much more heavily to the gravel than to the beach. But given that most of ...

A gravel beach with a view across Cook Inlet of Mt. Iliamna. The backshore is wide - extending out in front of the base of the bluff ( more...

Bishops Beach lies north of Homer and is made up of sediment ultimately bound for the Spit. It is backed by high bluffs of Tertiary and Ple...

Yukon Island is across the bay from Homer. Most of it is rocky, but there are several pocket beaches and at the southeastern corner, a cuspa...

One of the more intriguing things about Homer's beaches is the presence of coal. At one time, coal was mined along the high bluffs nort...