The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake, one of California's strongest, destroyed early structures in Independence and Lone Pine, reminding residents of the region's powerful geology. #OwensValleyEarthquake #InyoHistory #CaliforniaGeology

Vertically-oriented photo of colorful geology in the Sierra Nevada. A mountain stream flows in an almost treeless canyon. Foreground rocks are gray limestone. The talus slope on creek right is gray, but on creek left orange talus leads up to a very colorful set of cliffs (metamorphic roof pendant) exposing folded bands of vivid orange, gray and cream-colored stone. The creek is flowing towards a hazy valley just visible to the right, while the sky above is deep blue with just a few small puffy white clouds.

#RockinTuesday Instead of the detail shots, this week lets go with a BIG outcrop!
#geology #easternsierra #californiageology

Wrapping up field work for the season in the Mojave investigating molybdenum and tungsten mines and prospects. Lots of cool rocks showing tungsten skarn development and copper mineralization.

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Unusual Deep Earthquakes Detected Beneath California's Sierra Nevada, Puzzling Scientists | AI News Brew <p>Scientists have uncovered evidence of rare, deep earthquakes occurring beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, challenging conventional understanding of seismic activity in the region. T...

Unusual Deep Earthquakes Detected Beneath California's Sierra Nevada, Puzzling Scientists
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#DeepEarthquakes #SierraNevada #Seismology #EarthScience #CaliforniaGeology

California Geology Magazine is back! #CGS #CaliforniaGeology
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Community Profile – Dr. Tanya Atwater Dr. Tanya Atwater Who has heard of Dr. Tanya Atwater in their geology class, or plate tectonics theory class, or on the news every time there is an earthquake in California? Not me. That’s mostly d…

The mother of plate tectonics, seafloor tectonics, and the geo evolution of California, Dr Tanya Atwater:
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#platetectonics #californiageology #Sanandreasfault #northamericancordillera #Seafloorspreading #geomorphology #geoscience #AGU #oceanography #womeningeoscience

On the Marine Terrace – Pygmy Forest Marine terrace evolution and a visit to the Pygmy Forest Steady tectonic uplift of the coastal margin combined with the erosional forces of wave dynamics produces a series, or flight, of stair-step…

A visit to the Pygmy Forest.. 🌿
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#biogeography #ecology #coastalecosystems #endimism #nativeplants #botany #Mendocino #marineterrace #ecologicalstaircase #stateparks #calfire #soils #Californiadepartmentofforestry
#californiageology #geomorphology

Ultimate dream-come-true junk shop find for this coastal geomorphology nerd!
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Beginnings of a new project sampling W and Mo deposits of SoCal. We’re evaluating the age of mineralization and geochemical characteristics compared to similar deposits in across the desert southwest.

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