Tag: "fossils"
Scientists Celebrate a Long-Dead Whale
Why is a rotting whale on the Antarctic seafloor exciting to geologists?
Post on Mar 21, 2013 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Enjoy a quiet canyon amid the noise, haste and rumpled rocks of the East Bay.
Post on Jan 10, 2013 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Side Trips from Interstate 5: The Deep San Joaquin Valley
The Central Valley has rocks and oil, but its geology also includes water and fossils. See them in this side trip during your next drive south.
Post on May 24, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Confounding Concretions
Not crystals, not meteorites and not fossils, concretions puzzle people who find them. Geologists find them only slightly less puzzling than the general public.
Post on Jan 12, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Fossil Collecting in the Bay Area
Many parts of the Bay Area have fossils. Can we collect them? Some situations are clear; others not so much. Perhaps it could be easier.
Post on Nov 17, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
New Fossils from the Caldecott Tunnel
Paleontologists have shown new fossils from beneath the Berkeley Hills, where the Caldecott Tunnel is being expanded with a fourth bore.
Post on May 26, 2011 by Andrew Alden
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Alum Rock Park
A hundred years ago Alum Rock Park was a big health spa, with a rail line direct from downtown to the warm mineral springs. Today the springs still run among the upturned rocks between the Hayward and Calaveras faults.
Post on Apr 07, 2011 by Andrew Alden
Earthquake Warning Signs in Tiny Marine Fossils
It feels like the world is still shaking from the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit northern Japan on Friday.
Post on Mar 14, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
