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GEOLOGIC TRIPS |
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Bowling Ball Beach – concretions that are shaped like
large bowling balls are lined up along bowling lanes on the beach.
Fort Rock – a volcanic ring, the shape of a round
fort, was formed by a volcanic eruption in a large ice-age lake. NEW
Rim Drive, Crater Lake – a road log of the major geologic
features along Rim Drive and the Crater Lake caldera in Crater Lake National
Park.
Rogue Valley Area – a large valley that was carved
from sedimentary rocks is sandwiched between the Klamath Mountains and
Cascade Range. Trips: Klamath Mountains, Cascade
Range, Rogue Valley.
San Francisco – a city that is built on rocks
that were forged in the Franciscan subduction zone. The rocks are now being
torn apart by the San Andreas fault. Trips: San Francisco,
Marin Headlands, Angel Island, Ring Mountain, Fort Funston, Bay Area Faults,
and Point Reyes Peninsula.
Sea Ranch – a scenic coastline etched by beach
erosion of sedimentary rocks brought here from southern California by San
Andreas fault. Trips: Bluff, Meadow and Hillside,
San Andreas fault.
Sierra Nevada – a large west-tilted fault block
that collects rain and snow from Pacific storms, uses the ice and water to
sculpture magnificent mountain scenery, and then distributes the water to San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Great Valley for further use. Trips: Lone Pine,
Mammoth, Mono Lake, Lake Tahoe, Northern Sierra, Mother Lode, Yosemite
Valley, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Steens Mountain – drive to the top of a large,
west-tilted fault block of basalt that has been dissected by ice-age
glaciers. Books
Geologic Trip, Rim Drive, Crater Lake
National Park
Geologic Trips, San Francisco and the Bay Area e-mail: info@geologictrips.com |
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