GEOL, GEOG, OCEA, BIOL 150
Important: In case you are wondering if we proceed with the scheduled field trips in the event of rain, the answer is YES!
Trip 1 Materials: Logistics for Trip1.doc
Google Earth Tour .kmz of Trip 1
(Must have Google Earth Pro installed to open .kmz files. For best results open in
Chrome or Firefox. Otherwise save to your desktop, then rename folder with a .kmz
extension.)
Geology Homework for Trip 1.pdf
Trip 2 Materials: Logistics for Trip 2.pdf
Trip 3 Materials: Logistics for Trip3.pdf
Pre-Trip 3 Homework.pdf
Bowen's reaction series handout-exercise.pdf
Trip 4 Materials: Logistics for Trip 4.pdf
Orientation Power Points / SMUT Poster
SMUT / Geologic History of Southern California (part1).pptx
SMUT / Geologic History of Southern California (part2).pptx
SMUT / Geologic History of Southern California Poster.GIF
3D Animation of San Diego's Geologic History: I started this project a few years back using 3D Studio Max. My strategy was to start with the present San Diego landscape and work backward in time to show the geologic history of the county first in reverse and then again going forward in time. I did the last 50 thousand years or so but my goal was to do about 300 million. I fell just a tad short of my goal. Anyway, here's the movie: The Last 50,000 Years There's no narration but the movie shows:
- Progradation of the San Diego River Delta to join the former island of Point Loma with Loma Portal
- Erosion of the La Jolla headland and formation of Mission Beach sand spit/baymouth bar
- Sea cliff formation at Black's Beach
- Rise and fall of sea level due the the last glacial age and corresponding progradation of the San Diego River delta
Here's a nice introduction to the Geology of Southern California.pdf
Here's the San Diego Museum of Natural History's take on the Geologic History of San Diego: http://www.sdnhm.org/archive/research/geology/geo_intro.html
Here's an OK "video" showing a geologic history for San Diego. http://naturebytesvideo.com/bytes_S-T/san_diego_geo_history.html The graphics are a bit muddled, but the story, although simpler, is fairly consistent with that presented in this class. The same site has lots of other videos on the Natural History of San Diego. Worth a look: http://naturebytesvideo.com/otherstuff.html