Geology 110: Field Geology of the Western US
Spring 2017
Lecture: CRN 25121 Section 1 Van Matre Loading Dock
- Spring Break (3/10-3/18/17)
- Instructor: Dr. Mark Hemphill-Haley
- Email: markhh at humboldt.edu
- Office: Founders Hall 006
- Phone: 707.826.3933
- Office Hours:
- Instructor: Dr. Jason Robert Patton
- Email: Jason.Patton at humboldt.edu
- Office: Founders Hall 136
- Phone: 707.826.3923
- Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Instructor: Dr. Stephen Tillinghast
- Email: steve.tillinghast at humboldt.edu
- Office: Founders Hall 007 B
- Phone: 707.826.3210
- Office Hours:
Course Syllabus: pdf file
- Activity 1 (Sat): Lithologic Description in Alabama Hills
- Activity 2 (sun): Geologic Map in Alabama Hills
- Activity 3 (Sun): Geologic Mapping Kern Knob
- Activity 4 (Mon): Field Observations – Debris Flow in Independence
- Activity 5 (Mon): Lone Pine fault
- Activity 6 (Tues): Friday Folds (Darwin Cyn)
- Activity 7 (Tues): Tuesday Unconformity/li>
- Activity 8 (Tues): Darwin Falls
- Activity 9 (Wed): Topographic Profile at the Panamint Valley fault
- Activity 10 (Thrs): Ash Hills fault
Activities
- Four Papers
- Reading 1: Unruh et al., 2003. Transtensional View of the Sierra Nevada (0.5 MB pdf)
- Reading 2: Stock et al., 2004. Cosmogenic Ages of Cave Sediments (0.4 MB pdf)
- Reading 3: Lowenstein et al., 1999. 200 ka Paleoclimatic History of Death Valley (0.1 MB pdf)
- Reading 4: Lechler et al., 2011. Paleogeography and Paleotopography of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (1.1 MB pdf)
- Four Posters
- Reading 1: Unruh et al., 2003. Transtensional View of the Sierra Nevada (0.5 MB pdf)
- Reading 2: Stock et al., 2004. Cosmogenic Ages of Cave Sediments (0.4 MB pdf)
- Reading 3: Lowenstein et al., 1999. 200 ka Paleoclimatic History of Death Valley (0.1 MB pdf)
- Reading 4: Lechler et al., 2011. Paleogeography and Paleotopography of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (1.1 MB pdf)
Reading Material
- Lithologic Description – Alabama Hills
- Fault Mapping – Alabama Hills
- Activity 2: Geologic Map (letter) (0.5 MB pdf)
- Geologic Map GIS data (21 MB zip)
- Activity 9: Pleasant and Happy Valley Project Assignment (0.5 MB pdf)
- Activity 9: Pleasant and Happy Valley Project Field Map (1 MB pdf)
- Activity 9: Pleasant and Happy Valley Project Profile Grid (0.1 MB pdf)
- Activity 9: Large Scale Aerial Map (10 MB pdf)
- Activity 9: Topographic Map (32 MB pdf)
- Activity 9: FOP Map D-sheet (2 MB pdf)
- Geologic Map GIS data (21 MB zip)
Activities
Activity 01
Activity 02
Activity 03
Activity 04
Activity 05
Activity 06
Activity 07
Activity 08
Activity 09
Supplemental Material
- Here is a page where I present some gender neutral pronouns that I use in my classes.
Gender Neutral Pronouns
- Gan et al., 2000 Strain Accumulation Eastern California Shear Zone (1 MB pdf)
- Kylander & Clark 2005 65 km offset Owens Valley Fault (0.3 MB pdf)
- Peltzer et al., 2001 Transient Strain Accumulation Eastern California Shear Zone (0.7 MB pdf)
- Anderson and Anderson, 1990 Debris Flow Benches and Dunes (2 MB pdf)
- Bull, 1996 Lichenometry as Geochronology for San Andreas Fault Earthquakes (0.3 MB pdf)
- Burchfiel et al., 1987 Geology of Panamint Valley (0.5 MB pdf)
- Hammond et al., 2012 Uplift Sierra Nevada Mountains using GPS and InSAR (2.1 MB pdf)
- Stock et al., 2006 Zircon Ages Distinguish Sources of Sediment (0.6 MB pdf)
- Unruh et al., 2003 Transtentional View Sierra Nevada (0.5 MB pdf)
- Walker et al., 2006 Panamint and Searles Tectonic Architecture (0.5 MB pdf)
- Briggs et al., 2005 Highstand Shorelines Pyramid Lake (5.3 MB pdf)
- Cichanski et al., 2000 Panamint Valley Low Angle Detachment Faults (1.6 MB pdf)
- Dixon et al., 2003 GPS and Paleoseismology in the Eastern California Shear Zone (0.1 MB pdf)
- Lechler and Niemi, 2001 Paleogeography and Paleotopography of the Sierra Nevadas (1.1 MB pdf)
- Lubetkin and Clark, 1988 Late Quaternary Activity on the Owens Valley Fault ( MB pdf)
Additional Background Reading
Patton’s Schedule:
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