Tag: "serpentinite"
Side Trips from Interstate 5: The Eastern Klamaths
See America's largest area of rock from the Earth's mantle, west of Mount Shasta.
Post on Dec 06, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Sunol Regional Wilderness
The Franciscan rocks of Sunol Regional Wilderness are star players at the frontier of plate tectonics.
Post on Jul 19, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: New Almaden
The New Almaden area looms large in Gold Rush history. Today it's an open-air museum of California mining practices and quicksilver geology.
Post on Mar 15, 2012 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Ring Mountain
The body of rock underlying the central Tiburon Peninsula is the rarest and most scientifically precious part of the Franciscan Complex, an assemblage of materials that was once involved in subduction.
Post on May 19, 2011 by Andrew Alden
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Shell Beach
One of California's most distinctive and mysterious bodies of rock is well displayed at Shell Beach, north of Bodega Bay in Sonoma County.
Post on Mar 24, 2011 by Andrew Alden
Home Sweet Serpentine
Serpentine soil is a tough environment, but some unique plants and animals call it home.
Post on Aug 16, 2010 by Jennifer Skene
Learn the Facts About Serpentinite Before It's Removed as California's State Rock
Why introduce a bill to the state assembly devoted to removing the state rock?
Post on Aug 05, 2010 by Brian Romans
