EPS 119 Spring 2006

Geologic Field Studies

Instructor: Rudy Wenk

497 McCone, 642 7431, wenk@seismo.berkeley.edu

Pictures from Ajay and Inna

March 4-5 Central California. San Andreas fault at San Juan Bautista and Hollister, Pinnacles, San Benito serpentine complex, New Idria mercury mine.

April 6-9 Southern California. Borax mine at Boron, evaporite deposits at Amboy (Bristol Lake). Joshua Tree National Park, Painted Canyon at Mecca. Metamorphism and deformation (mylonites and pseudotachylites) in the Peninsular Ranges SW of Palm Desert. Martinez Mtn. landslide.