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Showing posts with label Ricardo Formation. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Seeking the Savanna instead of Seas: "Saturday Night Live" and Geology??

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Historical geology is a real head trip (remember that term?). Stick geologists in the desert against a cliff like the one above, and they ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Barren Cliffs Reveal a Rich and Violent Past: Red Rock Canyon State Park

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Deserts have such a fearsome reputation around the world, but deserts can be both beautiful and at certain times of the year a pleasant p...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Out of the Valley of Death: Explorations in Red Rock Canyon

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The next stop on our way to Death Valley National Park was one of the most ideal locations for learning the basics of stratigraphy to be ...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Cheating Death One More Time: Home from the Field

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Sunset in Death Valley near Badwater Hey, I'm back, after five days in the wilds with no wi-fi access, and no television. Did anythi...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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