Rocks and Riches

Preface


A Very Brief Introduction to California Geology


It's About Time


Jurassic Coast


Plate Tectonics Means Constant Change


Chapter 1 - Coast Ranges

Marin Headlands





Stop 1 - Pillow Basalts at Point Bonita Lighthouse
Stop 2 - Deformed Franciscan Ribbon Cherts

Mount Tamalpais and San Francisco Bay


Stop 3 - Rock Springs Trailhead Serpentinite
Stop 4 - Tamalpais Summit and the Evolution of San Francisco Bay

The San Andreas Fault


Stop 5 - Bear Valley Visitor Center and the San Andreas Fault

Point Reyes National Seashore


Stop 6 - Point Reyes Lighthouse
Stop 7 - Drake's Beach

Mayacamas Mountains


Stop 8 - Petrified Forest, Calistoga
Stop 9 - The Geysers

The Sonoma Volcanics


Stop 10 - Palisades of the Sonoma Volcanics
Stop 11 - Glass Mountain

Napa Valley and the Terroir of Wine


Stop 12 - Quintessa Vineyards






















Chapter 2 - The Central Valley


The Great Valley Sequence






Stop 13 - The Great Valley Sequence at Monticello Dam




The Devil's Thicket






Stop 14 - Mount Diablo




Chapter 3 - Gold Rush Country


The Sierra Foothills






Stop 15 - Empire Mine State Historic Park
Stop 16 - Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Stop 17 - Pre-Sierra Nevada Stream Gravels, I-80 Roadcut at Gold Run
Stop 18 - Sutter's Mill and Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Coloma







Placerville






Stop 19 Gold Bug Park and Mine
Stop 20 El Dorado County Historical Museum





Chapter 4 - Sierra Nevada


Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Valley






Stop 21 - Tunnel View Point




The High Country






Stop 22 - Olmsted Point and Tenaya Lake
Stop 23 - Lembert Dome and Tuolumne Meadows
Stop 24 - Glacial Till
Stop 25 - Tioga Pass and Mount Dana View







Chapter 5 - Basin-and-Range


The Eastern Slope






Stop 26 - Sierra Nevada Metavolcanic Roof Pendant at Tioga Lake
Stop 27 - Pre-Sierra Nevada Metasediments, Ellery Lake
Stop 28 - Lateral Moraine






Mono Lake and Lee Vining






Stop 29 - Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center
Stop 30 - Tufa Pinnacles at Mono Lake





Bodie and Travertine Hot Springs






Stop 31 - Bodie State Historic Park and Ghost Town
Stop 32 - Travertine Hot Springs





The Long Valley Caldera and Sierra Escarpment






Stop 33 Wilson Butte, Inyo Craters
Stop 34 Sierra Nevada Fault View





Mammoth Mountain and Devils Postpile National Monument






Stop 35 - Earthquake Fault
Stop 36 - Mammoth Mountain
Stop 37 - Minaret Vista
Stop 38 - Devils Postpile National Monument







Owens Valley






Stop 39 - Convict Lake
Stop 40 - McGee Creek Scarp
Stop 41 - Bishop Tuff and Volcanic Tablelands
Stop 42 - Owens Valley Fault
Stop 43 - Alabama Hills
Stop 44 - Sierra Nevada Fault









Death Valley National Park






Stop 45 - Father Crowley Overlook
Stop 46 - Mosaic Canyon
Stop 47 - Mesquite Flats Dunes
Stop 48 - Furnace Creek Visitor Center
Stop 49 - Zabriskie Point
Stop 50 - Artist's Palette
Stop 51 - Devil's Golf Course
Stop 52 - Badwater Basin
Stop 53 - Mormon Point and the Copper Canyon Turtleback
Stop 54 - Split Cinder Cone
Stop 55 - Resting Spring Pass














Epilogue


Acknowledgements


Bibliography


Glossary

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