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Geological Wonders of Big Sur Coast & San Andreas Fault Field

Explore diverse rock formations at Salmon Creek Falls to Point Lobos, witness ancient faulted geology at the Pinnacles National Monument, and study seismic activity near Parkfield, including unique volcanic necks and witness fault creep in action.

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Geological Wonders of Big Sur Coast & San Andreas Fault Field

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  1. Big Sur Coast and San Andreas Fault Field CourseMay 24 – 27, 2007

  2. Salmon Creek Falls, Big Sur Coast

  3. Cave Draperies, near Salmon Creek Falls

  4. Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur Coast

  5. More Sand Dollar Beach

  6. Franciscan with greywacke and serpentinite

  7. McWay Falls

  8. Redwoods at Pffeifer Big Sur State Park

  9. Pffeifer Big Sur State Park

  10. Point Lobos State Reserve

  11. Monterey cypress, Point Lobos

  12. Surf deer, Point Lobos

  13. Turbidite deposits, Point Lobos

  14. 5 separate turbidity currents with bouma A and B layers showing in bottom 4, Point Lobos

  15. Anticline and syncline, Arroyo Seco

  16. Strongly dipping Monterey Formation, Arroyo Seco

  17. Highly deformed Monterey, Arroyo Seco

  18. Arroyo Seco River terraces

  19. Faulted Monterey Formation, Arroyo Seco River Valley

  20. At camp, Arroyo Seco

  21. Arroyo Seco River

  22. Arroyo Seco River Gorge

  23. Pinnacles National Monument

  24. Rhyolitic breccia, Pinnacles

  25. Balconies Caves, Pinnacles

  26. Balconies Caves, Pinnacles

  27. Thrust fault in serpentinite, Hwy.198 between King City and Coalinga

  28. On the way to Coalinga Mineral Springs

  29. Early morning at Coalinga Mineral Springs C G

  30. Normal faulting near Coalinga

  31. Parkfield, California

  32. Volcanic neck in Franciscan, Parkfield Grade

  33. Parkfield bridge with offset pillars mostly due to fault creep

  34. Wallace Creek stream offset, Carrizo Plain

  35. Field course students at Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain

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