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Although mining ended in the 1970s, geologists believe that much undiscovered ore remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's look at the geologic map of the area (derived from \u003ca href=\"http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-795/\">USGS Map OF-98-975\u003c/a>). \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadengeomap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33181\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadengeomap\" width=\"627\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33181\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap.png 627w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap-400x301.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Almaden district runs northwest on Los Capitancillos Ridge from the village of New Almaden. Asterisks mark the four park entrances. Franciscan rock units are fm, melange; fpv, volcanics; gs, greenstone; pink, serpentinite; yellow, silica-carbonate rock; orange, chert. Units with names starting Q, T or K are younger.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's kind of a mess, and the details are in the caption, but basically Los Capitancillos Ridge is like many other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/21/bay-area-mercury/\">Bay Area mercury sites\u003c/a>, an intricate mixture of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/21/geological-outings-around-the-bay-marin-headlands/\">Franciscan rocks\u003c/a> and serpentinite that has been kneaded and heated and injected with metal-bearing fluids. These fluids, derived from magma intrusions, replaced the minerals in the serpentinite and turned it into silica-carbonate rock. The cinnabar lodes, in turn, were emplaced in and near the silica-carbonates. As you hike about the ridge, keep an eye underfoot for the widespread \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_metrocks/ig/serpentinites/\">serpentinite\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenserpentine/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33182\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenserpentine\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33182\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine-400x292.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpentinite boulders in a streambed.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among other things, the park contains mines and machinery spanning a century of progress from traditional techniques of medieval origin to modern American facilities. One mine entrance, the San Cristobal tunnel, has been kept open for a short distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/sancristobal/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33175\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sancristobal\" width=\"500\" height=\"402\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33175\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal-400x322.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Cristobal tunnel, first opened in 1866.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Go on in and look for the veins in the walls. These are typically filled with quartz or dolomite. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenveins/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33184\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenveins\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veins in the San Cristobal tunnel.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another worthwhile spot is the site of the Buena Vista shaft, the deepest in the district. The foundation of the pumphouse is constructed of large blocks of local sandstone and Sierran granite. It was abandoned in 1893.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33180\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenfoundation/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33180\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenfoundation\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33180\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation-400x324.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buena Vista shaft mainly served to dewater the hills and allow neighboring mines to go deeper in search of cinnabar. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearby are extensive piles of mine tailings. Although this shaft produced only minor amounts of ore, the rocks themselves are interesting. Remember that collecting rocks and minerals is forbidden. A ranger told me that if people kept taking things home with them, eventually there would be no tailings left. I don't see the problem with that, and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/11/17/fossil-collecting-in-the-bay-area/\">if I could make the rules I would give rockhounds access\u003c/a> to limited parts of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadentailings/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33183\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadentailings.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadentailings\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33183\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadentailings.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadentailings-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don't miss the views of the surrounding territory. The top photo of this post shows the view west to the Sierra Azul, and to the east are views of the Santa Teresa Hills and Diablo Range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/hamilton/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33178\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/hamilton.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hamilton\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33178\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/hamilton.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/hamilton-400x309.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Hamilton's observatories stand out beyond the lower Santa Teresa Hills, site of more mercury mines and sandstone quarries.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mining museum housed in the Casa Grande, the old manager's residence built in 1854, is full of exhibits and is well worth a visit if you can be there during its brief open hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/casagrande/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33176\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/casagrande.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"casagrande\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33176\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/casagrande.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/casagrande-400x306.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Casa Grande has rooms full of period furnishings as well as the Quicksilver Mining Museum.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The little museum shop has cinnabar from the Guadalupe Mine for sale. This is the only way you can acquire New Almaden specimens today, unless a dealer is selling off a historic collection at a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/08/18/theres-nothing-like-a-rock-show/\">rock and mineral show\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33177\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/guadalupecinnabar/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33177\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/guadalupecinnabar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"guadalupecinnabar\" width=\"600\" height=\"487\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33177\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/guadalupecinnabar.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/guadalupecinnabar-400x325.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Almaden cinnabar is notable for its tiny crystals that give the ore a glittering appearance.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The definitive source for historic and geologic information on the area is the classic \u003ca href=\"http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7034975M/Geology_and_quicksilver_deposits_of_the_New_Almaden_District_Santa_Clara_County_California\">US Geological Survey Professional Paper 360\u003c/a>, \"Geology and Quicksilver Deposits of the New Almaden District.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33179\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmaden/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33179\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmaden-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmaden\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-33179\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View west from Almaden Quicksilver County Park toward Loma Prieta, highest peak of the Sierra Azul. All photos by Andrew Alden.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the foothills due south of San Jose sit the remnants of California's first mining bonanza, the New Almaden mercury district. Today \u003ca href=\"http://www.newalmaden.org/AQSPark/index.html\">Almaden Quicksilver County Park\u003c/a> is a rugged playground for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians, but lovers of geology and mines have a special kind of fun there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first Californians mined a deep-red ore they called \u003ci>mohetka\u003c/i> in the heights of Los Capitancillos Ridge. Like other ancient peoples around the world, they used it as a pigment. In 1845 a Mexican visitor recognized the substance as cinnabar or mercury ore. Soon afterward the New World's richest quicksilver mining district began production, supplying the mercury for the refiners of the California Gold Rush. Its name, New Almaden, echoed the famous Almadén mines of Spain. A hundred years later, the mines had yielded mercury in the amount of more than a million flasks—a volume of the liquid metal weighing 76 pounds. Although mining ended in the 1970s, geologists believe that much undiscovered ore remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's look at the geologic map of the area (derived from \u003ca href=\"http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-795/\">USGS Map OF-98-975\u003c/a>). \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadengeomap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33181\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadengeomap\" width=\"627\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33181\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap.png 627w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadengeomap-400x301.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Almaden district runs northwest on Los Capitancillos Ridge from the village of New Almaden. Asterisks mark the four park entrances. Franciscan rock units are fm, melange; fpv, volcanics; gs, greenstone; pink, serpentinite; yellow, silica-carbonate rock; orange, chert. Units with names starting Q, T or K are younger.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's kind of a mess, and the details are in the caption, but basically Los Capitancillos Ridge is like many other \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/21/bay-area-mercury/\">Bay Area mercury sites\u003c/a>, an intricate mixture of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/21/geological-outings-around-the-bay-marin-headlands/\">Franciscan rocks\u003c/a> and serpentinite that has been kneaded and heated and injected with metal-bearing fluids. These fluids, derived from magma intrusions, replaced the minerals in the serpentinite and turned it into silica-carbonate rock. The cinnabar lodes, in turn, were emplaced in and near the silica-carbonates. As you hike about the ridge, keep an eye underfoot for the widespread \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_metrocks/ig/serpentinites/\">serpentinite\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenserpentine/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33182\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenserpentine\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33182\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenserpentine-400x292.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serpentinite boulders in a streambed.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among other things, the park contains mines and machinery spanning a century of progress from traditional techniques of medieval origin to modern American facilities. One mine entrance, the San Cristobal tunnel, has been kept open for a short distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/sancristobal/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33175\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sancristobal\" width=\"500\" height=\"402\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33175\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/sancristobal-400x322.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Cristobal tunnel, first opened in 1866.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Go on in and look for the veins in the walls. These are typically filled with quartz or dolomite. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenveins/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33184\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenveins\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33184\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenveins-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veins in the San Cristobal tunnel.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another worthwhile spot is the site of the Buena Vista shaft, the deepest in the district. The foundation of the pumphouse is constructed of large blocks of local sandstone and Sierran granite. It was abandoned in 1893.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_33180\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/15/geological-outings-around-the-bay-new-almaden/newalmadenfoundation/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33180\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"newalmadenfoundation\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33180\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/newalmadenfoundation-400x324.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buena Vista shaft mainly served to dewater the hills and allow neighboring mines to go deeper in search of cinnabar. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearby are extensive piles of mine tailings. Although this shaft produced only minor amounts of ore, the rocks themselves are interesting. Remember that collecting rocks and minerals is forbidden. A ranger told me that if people kept taking things home with them, eventually there would be no tailings left. I don't see the problem with that, and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/11/17/fossil-collecting-in-the-bay-area/\">if I could make the rules I would give rockhounds access\u003c/a> to limited parts of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32499\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panoche/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32499\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoche-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panoche\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-32499\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Panoche Hills provide a splendid overlook to the Great Valley on good days. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most people, it's probably fair to say, loathe Interstate 5 between Redding and Bakersfield. If all you want to do is get from point A to point B, I-5 enables that, but the road is so smooth and the route so straight that the typical driver resents the time spent on it, even at 80 mph and faster. Traffic can reach dangerous speeds, eyes get glazed, attention wavers, and tempers grow short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for me, I love the chance to enjoy I-5. I make it a full day's trip to get from the Bay Area to Southern California or the Shasta region, and that gives me a long enough leash to get off the freeway at least once during the day. So I'd like to share with you some of my favorite side trips, and they don't include Santa Nella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One that I've enjoyed several times goes past the Panoche and Tumey Hills, a big patch of wild land along the east side of the Coast Range managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It's a loop of backroad about halfway to Bakersfield, due west of Fresno. Its north end is Little Panoche Road and its south end is Panoche Road. It includes some dirt road and takes a good hour if you don't stop much. Its two notable landmarks are Mercey Hot Springs and the village of Panoche, in well-hidden Panoche Valley. I've never stopped at either place because it's the countryside that attracts me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's have a look at the geologic map of the area, derived from the nice \u003ca href=\"http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/GMC/stategeologicmap.html\">interactive state geologic map\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panochegeomap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32500\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panochegeomap\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap-400x331.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Significant map units: Ku, upper Cretaceous marine rocks; Ep, Paleocene marine rocks; E, Eocene marine rocks; QP, Pliocene-Pleistocene nonmarine rocks; Q, modern and recent sediment; Qoa, Quaternary river terraces; KJf, Franciscan complex; um, ultramafic rocks\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the hills consists of late Cretaceous mudstones, laid down in a shallow sea some 80 million years ago when the Sierra Nevada was a great chain of volcanoes like today's Cascade Range. This sea persisted past Cretaceous time into the succeeding Paleocene and Eocene epochs, perhaps 50 or 40 million years ago. There are rare plesiosaur and mosasaur fossils in the older section and lots of fossil wood throughout. But we don't have time to hunt fossils, although collecting for personal purposes is allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little Panoche Road runs up the valley of Little Panoche Creek, where at least two levels of stream terraces are visible that testify to different episodes of erosion. They in turn are undoubtedly related to the uplift history of these hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/littlepanoche/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32498\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"littlepanoche\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32498\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across Little Panoche Creek to the north flank of the Panoche Hills.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The road turns south and runs through Little Panoche Valley, passing the low-key \u003ca href=\"https://merceyhotsprings.com/\">Mercey Hot Springs\u003c/a> resort. The entrance to the BLM's \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/panoche.html\">Panoche Hills Recreation Area\u003c/a> is here, too. At the head of the valley the road cuts through Glaucophane Ridge, an unexpected exposure of old Franciscan rocks, then goes straight south across the wide and gentle Panoche Valley and ends at Panoche Road. This pocket of farmland is one of Central California's hidden gems. The south side of the valley presents a striking set of terraces. These are mapped as river terraces but might be lake beds; I haven't looked into the literature. In either case they, too, attest to ancient episodes of accelerated erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panocheterraces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32503\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheterraces.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panocheterraces\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheterraces.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheterraces-400x258.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buck Peak, in the Griswold Hills, and river terraces of the Panoche Valley.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Panoche Road west eventually gets you to Paicines, south of Hollister. The road east gets you back to I-5, but all of the crooked part is decent dirt. In wet weather, turn back here, or maybe go a little ways on the paved part and daydream about taking New Idria Road south to the remote ghost town of Idria. The eastern end of the valley has good views of the Panoche Hills from the south, but eventually the road crosses the creek without benefit of a bridge and then turns to dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panoches/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32502\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panoches\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches-400x292.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fine weather, ford the stream and proceed across some splendid and scenic country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panocheroad/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32501\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panocheroad\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32501\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, you are in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/tumey.html\">Tumey Hills Recreation Area\u003c/a>. These hills are lower and drier than the Panoches, and the rocks along the road are quite different. They are young sandstones and conglomerates formed as the Coast Range began to rise, just a few million years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/tumeycgl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32504\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumeycgl\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl-400x321.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the road as well as the rocks, but don't miss the landscape. All photos in this post were taken in late March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/tumeys/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32506\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumeys\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32506\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys-400x315.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you reach I-5, you'll have a choice of eating places to get you ready to roll again. Maybe, like me, you prefer to think of it as the place where the iron dinosaur used to be. It was the creation of the late Carmon Neff of Chowchilla, and I don't know where it went.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/tumeydino/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32505\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeydino.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumeydino\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32505\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeydino.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeydino-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32499\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panoche/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32499\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoche-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panoche\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-32499\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Panoche Hills provide a splendid overlook to the Great Valley on good days. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most people, it's probably fair to say, loathe Interstate 5 between Redding and Bakersfield. If all you want to do is get from point A to point B, I-5 enables that, but the road is so smooth and the route so straight that the typical driver resents the time spent on it, even at 80 mph and faster. Traffic can reach dangerous speeds, eyes get glazed, attention wavers, and tempers grow short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for me, I love the chance to enjoy I-5. I make it a full day's trip to get from the Bay Area to Southern California or the Shasta region, and that gives me a long enough leash to get off the freeway at least once during the day. So I'd like to share with you some of my favorite side trips, and they don't include Santa Nella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One that I've enjoyed several times goes past the Panoche and Tumey Hills, a big patch of wild land along the east side of the Coast Range managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It's a loop of backroad about halfway to Bakersfield, due west of Fresno. Its north end is Little Panoche Road and its south end is Panoche Road. It includes some dirt road and takes a good hour if you don't stop much. Its two notable landmarks are Mercey Hot Springs and the village of Panoche, in well-hidden Panoche Valley. I've never stopped at either place because it's the countryside that attracts me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's have a look at the geologic map of the area, derived from the nice \u003ca href=\"http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/GMC/stategeologicmap.html\">interactive state geologic map\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panochegeomap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32500\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panochegeomap\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panochegeomap-400x331.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Significant map units: Ku, upper Cretaceous marine rocks; Ep, Paleocene marine rocks; E, Eocene marine rocks; QP, Pliocene-Pleistocene nonmarine rocks; Q, modern and recent sediment; Qoa, Quaternary river terraces; KJf, Franciscan complex; um, ultramafic rocks\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the hills consists of late Cretaceous mudstones, laid down in a shallow sea some 80 million years ago when the Sierra Nevada was a great chain of volcanoes like today's Cascade Range. This sea persisted past Cretaceous time into the succeeding Paleocene and Eocene epochs, perhaps 50 or 40 million years ago. There are rare plesiosaur and mosasaur fossils in the older section and lots of fossil wood throughout. But we don't have time to hunt fossils, although collecting for personal purposes is allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little Panoche Road runs up the valley of Little Panoche Creek, where at least two levels of stream terraces are visible that testify to different episodes of erosion. They in turn are undoubtedly related to the uplift history of these hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/littlepanoche/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32498\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"littlepanoche\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32498\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/littlepanoche-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across Little Panoche Creek to the north flank of the Panoche Hills.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The road turns south and runs through Little Panoche Valley, passing the low-key \u003ca href=\"https://merceyhotsprings.com/\">Mercey Hot Springs\u003c/a> resort. The entrance to the BLM's \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/panoche.html\">Panoche Hills Recreation Area\u003c/a> is here, too. At the head of the valley the road cuts through Glaucophane Ridge, an unexpected exposure of old Franciscan rocks, then goes straight south across the wide and gentle Panoche Valley and ends at Panoche Road. This pocket of farmland is one of Central California's hidden gems. The south side of the valley presents a striking set of terraces. These are mapped as river terraces but might be lake beds; I haven't looked into the literature. 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The road east gets you back to I-5, but all of the crooked part is decent dirt. In wet weather, turn back here, or maybe go a little ways on the paved part and daydream about taking New Idria Road south to the remote ghost town of Idria. The eastern end of the valley has good views of the Panoche Hills from the south, but eventually the road crosses the creek without benefit of a bridge and then turns to dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panoches/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32502\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panoches\" width=\"600\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panoches-400x292.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fine weather, ford the stream and proceed across some splendid and scenic country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/panocheroad/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32501\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"panocheroad\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32501\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/panocheroad-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, you are in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/tumey.html\">Tumey Hills Recreation Area\u003c/a>. These hills are lower and drier than the Panoches, and the rocks along the road are quite different. They are young sandstones and conglomerates formed as the Coast Range began to rise, just a few million years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/tumeycgl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32504\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumeycgl\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeycgl-400x321.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the road as well as the rocks, but don't miss the landscape. All photos in this post were taken in late March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/08/side-trips-from-interstate-5-panoche-and-tumey-hills/tumeys/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32506\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumeys\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32506\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/tumeys-400x315.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you reach I-5, you'll have a choice of eating places to get you ready to roll again. Maybe, like me, you prefer to think of it as the place where the iron dinosaur used to be. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/01/the-half-life-of-disaster-awareness/pacifica-tsusign/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31903\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/03/pacifica-tsusign-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pacifica-tsusign\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-31903\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004, the U.S. government quickly expanded funding for the right things. These included the network of \u003ca href=\"http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/\">DART\u003c/a> (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) seafloor sensors, coastal signage, inundation maps, and procedures to be presented at coastal towns. By 2011, the tsunami program had done a lot of good, and when the giant Tohoku earthquake sent tsunamis across the Pacific, the DART network did its job, emergency workers did theirs, and citizens had a clear idea of what would happen when waves reached America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What now? Most people would probably agree that a useful, well-operating program should be maintained. When the White House proposed to reduce its funding next year, voices of dismay were easy to find. Environmentalist Jeff Ruch said, \"This is like a homeowner trying to economize by disconnecting the smoke detector.\" The \u003ci>Mercury News\u003c/i> editors thundered, \"Nobody wants to find out what an unannounced tsunami might do to America's shores.\" I think those responses are over the top. More realistic was a quote from an emergency management pro: \"Preparedness and public education is perishable. People need to be reminded. It's just like earthquakes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people running the program didn't seem as upset, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_20057646\">the reported details of the plan\u003c/a> appeared to be consistent with an agency tapering off from buildup to maintenance. Still, beneath the concern was a bit of knowledge that's deeply ingrained among earthquake scientists, especially those in California: awareness is short-lived, peaking with significant events and then declining until the next catastrophe. History tells them so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Californians were shaken by earthquakes often. Just since statehood, the Bay Area had damaging quakes (magnitude 6 and greater) in 1861, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1870, 1881, 1884, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1897, 1898, and then 1906. (See them in \u003ca href=\"http://projects.californiawatch.org/earthquakes/california-earthquake-history/\">this timeline from California Watch\u003c/a>.) Historian Stephen Tobriner has shown that 19th-century San Francisco architects designed their structures in full awareness of earthquakes, although building codes did not reflect the need. The 1906 earthquake was followed by strenuous denial of the hazard on the part of officials and business interests. Building codes did not begin to change until after the Santa Barbara quake of 1925, and the Long Beach quake of 1933 led to the Field Act mandating earthquake-resistant school buildings. Since then, scientists and the state have generally had a good relationship in terms of codes and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public awareness and mass preparation have been more episodic. In this part of California, large earthquakes virtually disappeared after 1906 until the late 1970s. In the meantime, populations multiplied and memories faded. Since then the tectonic system has been expressing the growing strain that will inevitably spawn the next Big One. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_31355\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/23/gigapans-panoramas-that-bring-you-all-the-way-there/gigapantop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31355\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapantop-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gigapantop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-31355\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This clean roadcut exposure of Marin County's finest ribbon chert is documented in a gigapan image that can be enlarged 100 times. Image by Ron Schott.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you've ever wished your camera could take a humongous photo that captures everything, then gigapans are for you. Gigapans are billion-pixel images that are stitched together, like a patchwork quilt, from hundreds of shots made by ordinary cameras. A special mount and software programs the camera to take precisely overlapping images, which are then seamlessly merged into one colossal shot tens of thousands of pixels across.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of us first witnessed the potential of gigapans when photographers compiled them during President Obama's inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2009. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/17217\">This example\u003c/a>, by David Bergman, allows you to zoom in and study every face in the crowd that day, from four former presidents to Jane and Joe Blow (and Newt Gingrich is there too). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are over 50,000 gigapans uploaded at \u003ca href=\"http://www.gigapan.com/\">gigapan.com\u003c/a>. Their subjects range from the night sky, to cityscapes, to hotel room interiors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally I would want such a thing used for geology. First I would want to see eye candy, like the Grand Canyon. And places I'll never visit, like the South Pole. Scientists have made gigapans like those—how could they resist?—but they've also made real teaching and research tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, you and I in the Bay Area can easily drive to the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/21/geological-outings-around-the-bay-marin-headlands/\">Marin Headlands\u003c/a> or elsewhere in Marin County and inspect all the deep-sea red ribbon chert we want. But geology teacher Ron Schott, the leading \u003ca href=\"http://www.gigapan.com/profiles/rschott\">geological gigapanner\u003c/a>, has captured \u003ca href=\"http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/51412\">a fine roadcut exposure\u003c/a> in the image at the top of this post. Now his students in Kansas can zoom into it as close as being there, inches from the rock face:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_31353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/23/gigapans-panoramas-that-bring-you-all-the-way-there/gigapanzoom/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31353\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapanzoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gigapanzoom\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31353\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapanzoom.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapanzoom-400x291.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail near the left edge of the Marin County roadcut. 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A petri dish of Hawaii's green sand, for instance, can be blown up to display every gorgeous olivine grain, microscope style. M.A.G.I.C. is the brainchild of Callan Bentley, an NVCC professor who \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/category/gigapan/\">features gigapans often in his Mountain Beltway blog\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_31354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/23/gigapans-panoramas-that-bring-you-all-the-way-there/gigapansand/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31354\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapansand.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gigapansand\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31354\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapansand.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/gigapansand-400x291.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">M.A.G.I.C. image\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Obama inauguration gigapan hints at another thing scientists can do, which is to archive and document large-scale natural features in detail. A great example from Yosemite Valley is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.xrez.com/case-studies/national-parks/yosemite-extreme-panoramic-imaging-project/\">Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project\u003c/a>, which compiled a photographic dataset of the granite walls of the entire valley by stitching together 20 gigapans into something I can only call a humongapan. Then this image was tied to a 3D terrain model, constructed from laser scans, for real 21st-century analysis. The project has already pinpointed the sources of rockfalls to aid in analyzing where they may come next, helping protect the public from danger. \u003ca href=\"http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/7749/gigapans/49244\">You can explore the walls of Yosemite in a gigapan of the final product.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30814\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/16/our-corner-of-cascadia/cacascadiatop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30814\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiatop-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"CAcascadiatop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30814\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The coastal region of northernmost California, including the Klamath Range shown here, is in the Cascadia subduction zone, America's geological analog of Sumatra. Photo by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Monday the 13th, California's largest earthquake in two years, a magnitude 5.6 event, occurred way up in the state's northwest. That's the \u003ci>real\u003c/i> \"earthquake country\" in our state. California has had eight earthquakes of magnitude 5.6 or larger in the last 10 years, and half of them were up there. I think of the area as our Alaska—cold, remote, wet, foggy and rocky. Geologists call it part of Cascadia. What's that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cascadia refers to the country overlying the Cascadia subduction zone, where a small tectonic plate, the Juan de Fuca plate, is working its way beneath the west coast of North America. From north to south it extends from Canada's Vancouver Island all the way through Washington and Oregon and into California, ending at Cape Mendocino. From west to east it follows the Juan de Fuca plate from the offshore fault where it first plunges beneath the seafloor to approximately the long volcanic chain of the High Cascades. I've marked it on this earthquake map along with \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71734741.html\">the February 13 earthquake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 577px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/16/our-corner-of-cascadia/cacascadiausgsmap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30812\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiaUSGSmap.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"CAcascadiaUSGSmap\" width=\"577\" height=\"544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30812\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Geological Survey map\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only a little of Cascadia extends into California, but this whole subduction zone could rupture at once in a colossal earthquake the size of Japan's in March 2011 or Sumatra's in December 2004; that is, a giant magnitude 9 event. Such a Cascadia subduction quake happened last in January 1700. We aren't sure whether the rupture came as far south as California then, but the next one certainly could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of California's other faults are capable of earthquakes that size . . . not even one-tenth that size. Not even the San Andreas fault. An earthquake's energy comes from the amount of rock that can take up stress, and the San Andreas is a vertical ribbon little more than 20 kilometers wide from the ground down. Like a strand of fettucine, it doesn't add up to much no matter how long it gets. Magnitude 8 is considered an absolute maximum for most of California, a very large quake but still only about 3 percent of a magnitude 9 in total energy. In Cascadia, however, the subduction-zone fault is a slanted ribbon with much more surface area—a lasagna noodle. The tectonic geometry is the same as in Japan and Sumatra. Chile, where magnitude 9 events have also occurred, is the same. So is Alaska, where a 9.2 quake occurred in 1964. That's another reason I think of this part of California as our Alaska.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northwestern California releases more seismic energy than any other part of the state. The map below shows about 60 earthquakes of magnitude 5 and greater in the last 40 years. Six of these reached magnitude 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/16/our-corner-of-cascadia/cacascadiaeqs/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30813\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiaEQs.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"CAcascadiaEQs\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30813\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiaEQs.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiaEQs-400x333.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of magnitude 5 and larger events since 1973, plus 1923 quake (M7.2). 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I've marked it on this earthquake map along with \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71734741.html\">the February 13 earthquake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 577px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/16/our-corner-of-cascadia/cacascadiausgsmap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30812\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/CAcascadiaUSGSmap.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"CAcascadiaUSGSmap\" width=\"577\" height=\"544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30812\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Geological Survey map\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only a little of Cascadia extends into California, but this whole subduction zone could rupture at once in a colossal earthquake the size of Japan's in March 2011 or Sumatra's in December 2004; that is, a giant magnitude 9 event. Such a Cascadia subduction quake happened last in January 1700. We aren't sure whether the rupture came as far south as California then, but the next one certainly could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of California's other faults are capable of earthquakes that size . . . not even one-tenth that size. Not even the San Andreas fault. An earthquake's energy comes from the amount of rock that can take up stress, and the San Andreas is a vertical ribbon little more than 20 kilometers wide from the ground down. Like a strand of fettucine, it doesn't add up to much no matter how long it gets. Magnitude 8 is considered an absolute maximum for most of California, a very large quake but still only about 3 percent of a magnitude 9 in total energy. In Cascadia, however, the subduction-zone fault is a slanted ribbon with much more surface area—a lasagna noodle. The tectonic geometry is the same as in Japan and Sumatra. Chile, where magnitude 9 events have also occurred, is the same. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30065\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidiantop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30065\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiantop-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidiantop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30065\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nodule of Napa Glass Mountain obsidian, etched by hydration during its long burial, reveals signs of its origin as a thick, sticky lava. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley is an intriguing place even if wine doesn't interest you. Its very geography has an intangible personality. Running north-south, the valley is lit differently throughout the course of the day. It has the flat valley floor along the Napa River that you'd expect in a major agricultural region, but odd rocky hills are scattered about the valley with the irregularity of tossed pebbles. On behalf of Napa Valley winegrowers, geologists have studied the underlying soils and rocks, tracing from them a history of tectonic upheaval, recent volcanism and gigantic landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The western side of the valley is the Mayacamas Mountains, here made up largely of marine sedimentary rocks of the Franciscan and Great Valley complexes (100 to 150 million years old). The eastern side is the Vaca Mountains, which consists mostly of much younger lavas of the Sonoma Volcanics (less than 5 m.y.). Here it is in a simplified geologic map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/napavalleymap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30067\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"napavalleymap\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap.png 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap-400x360.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The valley floor consists of recent sediments (Q) while young volcanics (T) and older sedimentary rocks line its sides. From USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2956.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each set of rocks responds its own way to California climate and yields its own set of soils, and the floodplain between them mixes the two in different blends. Its wide range of soils and settings is part of what makes the Napa Valley such an endless playground for winegrowers. The same was true in prehistoric times, when the valley was a rich habitat for the Wappo and Patwin tribes and other peoples before them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this brings us to Napa Glass Mountain. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The natives made their cutting and scraping tools as needed, chipping them from stone of a few select kinds. The best toolstone is obsidian—a glasslike lava without crystals or bubbles that would mar the sharp edges and flat faces of an effective tool. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obsidian is uncommon. To make it, a lava must have both a very high silica content and a low water content; it also helps to cool quickly. High-silica lava is classified as rhyolite and the Sonoma Volcanics field has plenty, but few rhyolites yield obsidian. Notable sources for the natives in this part of California were Annadel near Santa Rosa, Borax Lake near Clear Lake, and Napa Glass Mountain, which is just north of the town of St. Helena. Toolstone was an important trade item, and archaeologists map its distribution in ancient sites as clues to prehistoric commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa obsidian is a stone of a luscious pure black, and you can see it in a large roadcut on the Silverado Trail north of St. Helena at the narrowest point of the Napa River's floodplain. Here's a closeup geologic map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/glassmtnmap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30066\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"glassmtnmap\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30066\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap-400x233.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinkish units are part of the Sonoma Volcanics (Tsa, Tsr, etc.), gray units are Franciscan rocks, units with \"Q\" are recent sediments. From USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2956.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The roadcut is just north of the intersection with Lodi Lane; you can park on either side of the road but be careful of traffic. The exposure is tall and shows the crude bedding of the mixed ash and lava beds, now highly weathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidiancrop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30069\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidiancrop\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30069\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obsidian occurs scattered in a whitish matrix in fractured lumps up to a meter long. The matrix may be altered material that was once obsidian, and/or it may consist of fine rhyolite ash—I have not studied it closely enough to hazard a guess. Parts of it may actually be perlite, a lightweight stone that forms where rhyolite reacts with internal water. Obsidian does not last long in the geologic record because its crystal-free substance is prone to attack by chemical weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidianpod/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30070\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidianpod\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30070\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod-400x295.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You don't need to dig into the cliffs; let other people who actually use obsidian do that risky operation. Instead, poke around your feet and look for bits like these.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidianbits/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30068\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidianbits\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outsides are rough and coated with white hydration rinds, but inside they display their creamy texture and lustrous conchoidal fracture, the properties that make obsidian the ideal toolstone. Don't be greedy. And be ready to tell passers-by, like the curious police officer I spoke to during my last visit, what this cool place is all about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More:\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_igrocks/ig/obsidian/\">Obsidian photo gallery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/rocks/ig/igrockindex/rocpicperlite.htm\">Perlite\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/rocks/ig/igrockindex/rocpicrhyolite.htm\">Rhyolite\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/stone_age_tech/a/stonetools.htm\">Stone Tools\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30065\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidiantop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30065\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiantop-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidiantop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30065\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nodule of Napa Glass Mountain obsidian, etched by hydration during its long burial, reveals signs of its origin as a thick, sticky lava. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley is an intriguing place even if wine doesn't interest you. Its very geography has an intangible personality. Running north-south, the valley is lit differently throughout the course of the day. It has the flat valley floor along the Napa River that you'd expect in a major agricultural region, but odd rocky hills are scattered about the valley with the irregularity of tossed pebbles. On behalf of Napa Valley winegrowers, geologists have studied the underlying soils and rocks, tracing from them a history of tectonic upheaval, recent volcanism and gigantic landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The western side of the valley is the Mayacamas Mountains, here made up largely of marine sedimentary rocks of the Franciscan and Great Valley complexes (100 to 150 million years old). The eastern side is the Vaca Mountains, which consists mostly of much younger lavas of the Sonoma Volcanics (less than 5 m.y.). Here it is in a simplified geologic map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/napavalleymap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30067\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"napavalleymap\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap.png 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/napavalleymap-400x360.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The valley floor consists of recent sediments (Q) while young volcanics (T) and older sedimentary rocks line its sides. From USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2956.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each set of rocks responds its own way to California climate and yields its own set of soils, and the floodplain between them mixes the two in different blends. Its wide range of soils and settings is part of what makes the Napa Valley such an endless playground for winegrowers. The same was true in prehistoric times, when the valley was a rich habitat for the Wappo and Patwin tribes and other peoples before them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this brings us to Napa Glass Mountain. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The natives made their cutting and scraping tools as needed, chipping them from stone of a few select kinds. The best toolstone is obsidian—a glasslike lava without crystals or bubbles that would mar the sharp edges and flat faces of an effective tool. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obsidian is uncommon. To make it, a lava must have both a very high silica content and a low water content; it also helps to cool quickly. High-silica lava is classified as rhyolite and the Sonoma Volcanics field has plenty, but few rhyolites yield obsidian. Notable sources for the natives in this part of California were Annadel near Santa Rosa, Borax Lake near Clear Lake, and Napa Glass Mountain, which is just north of the town of St. Helena. Toolstone was an important trade item, and archaeologists map its distribution in ancient sites as clues to prehistoric commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa obsidian is a stone of a luscious pure black, and you can see it in a large roadcut on the Silverado Trail north of St. Helena at the narrowest point of the Napa River's floodplain. Here's a closeup geologic map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/glassmtnmap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30066\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"glassmtnmap\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30066\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/glassmtnmap-400x233.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinkish units are part of the Sonoma Volcanics (Tsa, Tsr, etc.), gray units are Franciscan rocks, units with \"Q\" are recent sediments. From USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2956.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The roadcut is just north of the intersection with Lodi Lane; you can park on either side of the road but be careful of traffic. The exposure is tall and shows the crude bedding of the mixed ash and lava beds, now highly weathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidiancrop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30069\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidiancrop\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30069\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidiancrop-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obsidian occurs scattered in a whitish matrix in fractured lumps up to a meter long. The matrix may be altered material that was once obsidian, and/or it may consist of fine rhyolite ash—I have not studied it closely enough to hazard a guess. Parts of it may actually be perlite, a lightweight stone that forms where rhyolite reacts with internal water. Obsidian does not last long in the geologic record because its crystal-free substance is prone to attack by chemical weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidianpod/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30070\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidianpod\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30070\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianpod-400x295.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You don't need to dig into the cliffs; let other people who actually use obsidian do that risky operation. Instead, poke around your feet and look for bits like these.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/obsidianbits/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30068\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obsidianbits\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/obsidianbits-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outsides are rough and coated with white hydration rinds, but inside they display their creamy texture and lustrous conchoidal fracture, the properties that make obsidian the ideal toolstone. Don't be greedy. And be ready to tell passers-by, like the curious police officer I spoke to during my last visit, what this cool place is all about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More:\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_igrocks/ig/obsidian/\">Obsidian photo gallery\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/rocks/ig/igrockindex/rocpicperlite.htm\">Perlite\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/rocks/ig/igrockindex/rocpicrhyolite.htm\">Rhyolite\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/stone_age_tech/a/stonetools.htm\">Stone Tools\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29810\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/devilsgate/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29810\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"devilsgate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29810\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Monticello Dam occupies Devils Gate, a deep cleft in the massive sandstones of the Great Valley Sequence. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outing visits two great landmarks of the northeastern Bay Area—one highly visible, the other well hidden. Both feature the same body of rock: the mighty Great Valley Sequence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of Northern California's bedrock is part of just three large bodies: the granite of the Sierra, the metamorphic rocks of the Coast Range, and the sedimentary rocks of the Central Valley. All three are parts of one entity: a former subduction zone. Picture the Pacific seafloor plate being carried eastward against the North American continental plate and plunging underneath it—subduction. (That's the exact situation today in the Pacific Northwest, and along the whole west coast of South America.) The descending oceanic plate releases fluids into the continental plate above it, which generate magma and big chains of volcanoes. At the same time, the continent scrapes off pieces of the plunging oceanic plate like the bottom of an escalator gathers trash. The volcanoes quickly erode into sediment, which washes offshore in thick beds of sand, boulders and silt. The Sierra is the exposed roots of the volcano belt, the Franciscan Complex is the scraped-off stuff, and the Great Valley Sequence is the offshore sediment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That all happened long ago, and since then the San Andreas fault has slowly ripped apart the neatly organized subduction zone. At the same time, pressure across the fault has pushed up the Coast Range and curled up the edge of the thick blanket of sedimentary rock in the Central Valley. The arrangement is still close to its original simplicity north of the Bay Area, as this map shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gtvalymap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29813\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvalymap.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"gtvalymap\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29813\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modified from USGS Open-File Report 90-226\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Below is a closer view of the setting for today's outing. The south end of that long ribbon of Great Valley Sequence rocks is the Vaca Mountains, and the highest part of the range is a sharp hogback called Blue Ridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/vacamap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29816\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vacamap\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29816\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap-400x332.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From USGS map MF-2403, \"Geologic Map of the Northeastern San Francisco Bay Region\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mount Vaca is its highest point, at the west edge of the leftmost green ribbon to the left of the \"i\" in \"Ridge.\" If you follow that geologic boundary north, it meets the dam that created Lake Berryessa, Monticello Dam. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blue Ridge is a massive landmark wherever you are in the Napa County hills or the southern Sacramento Valley. It's high, long and straight. West of Winters its profile is interrupted by a big notch. This is the Berryessa water gap, carved by the waters of Putah Creek as the ridge rose across it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You reach Mount Vaca by taking Pleasants Valley Road north from Fairfield. Two very steep roads go up the mountain, Gates Canyon and Mix Canyon roads. Take Mix Canyon Road (trust me, don't take Gates) and watch carefully for cyclists and descending vehicles. Soon you'll start seeing Great Valley rocks like this thick-bedded sandstone, tilted almost vertical. The sequence is estimated to be about 13 kilometers thick, representing some 80 million years of steady erosion of the Sierra highland into a nearby shallow sea (a foreland basin). The basin steadily sank from the load, like the Louisiana coast does under the sediment load from the Mississippi River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gtvlyss/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29814\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gtvlySS\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29814\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rocks grow younger from west (right) to east (left).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the top of Mix Canyon Road, a spur marked \"Private\" goes left. Go ahead and take it to reach Mount Vaca. The right-hand way, Blue Ridge Road, is also highly scenic. Two-wheel drive is OK, but drive cautiously. The views from along the top of Blue Ridge are fantastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/diablofromvaca/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29811\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"diablofromvaca\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29811\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca-400x243.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/vacavines/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29809\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vacavines\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29809\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grapevines and Mount Tamalpais from Blue Ridge. At about 2600 feet, this may be the highest vineyard in California.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ridgeline rocks are massively bedded sandstone of the Venado Formation, roughly 91 million years old. We'll get a better look at them next, at Devil's Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Return down to Pleasants Valley Road and resume heading north. Notice the recent downcutting of the stream here. Turn west on state route 128 and head up the canyon of Putah Creek. Instead of climbing Blue Ridge, we're cutting through it. Devil's Gate is the deepest part of the canyon, where the stream crosses the Venado Formation, and the best spot to build the Monticello Dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/devilsgate/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29810\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"devilsgate\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On both sides of the dam, the Venado is beautifully exposed. This is the natural exposure on the far side of the dam. Roadcuts on the near side expose the Venado in real detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/monticellowall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29815\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"monticellowall\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29815\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Lake Berryessa is high, you may be treated to the sight of the dam's \"Glory Hole\" overflow structure, an endless circular waterfall that I photographed in action in May 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gloryhole/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29812\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gloryhole\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29812\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29810\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/devilsgate/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29810\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"devilsgate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29810\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Monticello Dam occupies Devils Gate, a deep cleft in the massive sandstones of the Great Valley Sequence. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outing visits two great landmarks of the northeastern Bay Area—one highly visible, the other well hidden. Both feature the same body of rock: the mighty Great Valley Sequence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of Northern California's bedrock is part of just three large bodies: the granite of the Sierra, the metamorphic rocks of the Coast Range, and the sedimentary rocks of the Central Valley. All three are parts of one entity: a former subduction zone. Picture the Pacific seafloor plate being carried eastward against the North American continental plate and plunging underneath it—subduction. (That's the exact situation today in the Pacific Northwest, and along the whole west coast of South America.) The descending oceanic plate releases fluids into the continental plate above it, which generate magma and big chains of volcanoes. At the same time, the continent scrapes off pieces of the plunging oceanic plate like the bottom of an escalator gathers trash. The volcanoes quickly erode into sediment, which washes offshore in thick beds of sand, boulders and silt. The Sierra is the exposed roots of the volcano belt, the Franciscan Complex is the scraped-off stuff, and the Great Valley Sequence is the offshore sediment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That all happened long ago, and since then the San Andreas fault has slowly ripped apart the neatly organized subduction zone. At the same time, pressure across the fault has pushed up the Coast Range and curled up the edge of the thick blanket of sedimentary rock in the Central Valley. The arrangement is still close to its original simplicity north of the Bay Area, as this map shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gtvalymap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29813\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvalymap.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"gtvalymap\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29813\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modified from USGS Open-File Report 90-226\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Below is a closer view of the setting for today's outing. The south end of that long ribbon of Great Valley Sequence rocks is the Vaca Mountains, and the highest part of the range is a sharp hogback called Blue Ridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/vacamap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29816\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vacamap\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29816\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacamap-400x332.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From USGS map MF-2403, \"Geologic Map of the Northeastern San Francisco Bay Region\"\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mount Vaca is its highest point, at the west edge of the leftmost green ribbon to the left of the \"i\" in \"Ridge.\" If you follow that geologic boundary north, it meets the dam that created Lake Berryessa, Monticello Dam. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blue Ridge is a massive landmark wherever you are in the Napa County hills or the southern Sacramento Valley. It's high, long and straight. West of Winters its profile is interrupted by a big notch. This is the Berryessa water gap, carved by the waters of Putah Creek as the ridge rose across it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You reach Mount Vaca by taking Pleasants Valley Road north from Fairfield. Two very steep roads go up the mountain, Gates Canyon and Mix Canyon roads. Take Mix Canyon Road (trust me, don't take Gates) and watch carefully for cyclists and descending vehicles. Soon you'll start seeing Great Valley rocks like this thick-bedded sandstone, tilted almost vertical. The sequence is estimated to be about 13 kilometers thick, representing some 80 million years of steady erosion of the Sierra highland into a nearby shallow sea (a foreland basin). The basin steadily sank from the load, like the Louisiana coast does under the sediment load from the Mississippi River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gtvlyss/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29814\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gtvlySS\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29814\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gtvlySS-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rocks grow younger from west (right) to east (left).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the top of Mix Canyon Road, a spur marked \"Private\" goes left. Go ahead and take it to reach Mount Vaca. The right-hand way, Blue Ridge Road, is also highly scenic. Two-wheel drive is OK, but drive cautiously. The views from along the top of Blue Ridge are fantastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/diablofromvaca/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29811\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"diablofromvaca\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29811\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/diablofromvaca-400x243.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/vacavines/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29809\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vacavines\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29809\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/vacavines-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grapevines and Mount Tamalpais from Blue Ridge. At about 2600 feet, this may be the highest vineyard in California.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ridgeline rocks are massively bedded sandstone of the Venado Formation, roughly 91 million years old. We'll get a better look at them next, at Devil's Gate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Return down to Pleasants Valley Road and resume heading north. Notice the recent downcutting of the stream here. Turn west on state route 128 and head up the canyon of Putah Creek. Instead of climbing Blue Ridge, we're cutting through it. Devil's Gate is the deepest part of the canyon, where the stream crosses the Venado Formation, and the best spot to build the Monticello Dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/devilsgate/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29810\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"devilsgate\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/devilsgate-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On both sides of the dam, the Venado is beautifully exposed. This is the natural exposure on the far side of the dam. Roadcuts on the near side expose the Venado in real detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/monticellowall/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29815\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"monticellowall\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29815\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/monticellowall-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Lake Berryessa is high, you may be treated to the sight of the dam's \"Glory Hole\" overflow structure, an endless circular waterfall that I photographed in action in May 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/gloryhole/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29812\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gloryhole\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29812\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/gloryhole-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/12/confounding-concretions/concretiontop/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29218\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concretiontop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"concretiontop\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29218\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concretiontop.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concretiontop-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My line of work brings various people to me, asking about a mineral object they have found. Often that object is a rounded shape of ordinary-looking sedimentary material, cemented into stone. \"It's a very nice concretion,\" I inform them. A concretion is not as exciting as what they hoped it might be—a fossil egg is their fondest wish, followed by a meteorite—but concretions can be sources of wonder and even inspiration, if not money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is this thing in the rock?\" may be the oldest question in geology. It was, at least, the subject of geology's founding document, a short treatise published in 1669 by Nicolaus Steno on \"solids naturally embedded in solids\" better known by the first word of its long Latin title, \"Prodromus.\" It took strenuous reasoning and airtight argument for Steno to establish today's common-sense knowledge that most \"solids in solids\" are either fossils, large sedimentary particles, or mineral crystals of some kind. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/doodles/nicolas-stenos-374th-birthday\">Steno's birthday was observed yesterday with a \"Google doodle.\"\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concretions aren't any one of those three possibilities, but a confusing mixture: hard and symmetrical like a crystal, granular like a sedimentary stone, round and organized-looking like a fossil. They look as if they actually grew inside solid rock. And so they did, sort of. They appear to have formed rather early in the process that turns buried sediment into rock, as mineral cement is deposited in layers growing outward from a central point—or perhaps resisting a cementation process advancing inward upon them instead. The grains of sediment were undisturbed; only the cementing mineral, usually calcite or iron oxides, moved in to fix them in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be hard to tell how a concretion might have formed. Some are stony lumps with a fossil or a mineral particle inside, where it's plausible that some chemical mechanism arising from the central object controlled things. Some have fractures inside, filled with crystals. Others, like this concretion I found in the hills of Oakland, have nothing in particular at their core, just pure clay or sand. Geologists find concretions only slightly less puzzling than the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/12/confounding-concretions/concoakclay/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29219\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concoakclay.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"concoakclay\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concoakclay.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/01/concoakclay-400x294.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While fossil eggs aren't documented in the Bay Area (no dinosaurs at all, in fact) and meteorites aren't either, you may spot concretions wherever sandstone or shale crops out. The biggest ones I know of are in Mendocino County at \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=446\">Schooner Gulch State Beach\u003c/a> near Point Arena, where the stretch north of Gallaway is called Bowling Ball Beach. That's it at the top of this post. There are large ones, less well formed, at Fitzgerald Marine Preserve \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/11/10/geological-outings-around-the-bay-fitzgerald-marine-preserve/\">that I showed here a few weeks back\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concretions can take many shapes. (I have \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_sedrocks/ig/concretionpics/\">a gallery of them\u003c/a> on About.com.) In the Imperial Valley on the Mexican border, a site west of Calexico near the iconic mountain El Centinela (Mount Signal) yielded \"sand spikes,\" concretions the shape of a whole clove. Most of them had their long tips pointed west. In 2000, they inspired artist Allan McCollum to make them the basis of a large art project, \"\u003ca href=\"http://allanmccollum.net/allanmcnyc/mtsignaltitlepage.html\">Sand Spikes from Mount Signal\u003c/a>.\" The signature image was a five-meter replica and a hundred life-size copies of one of these curious solids within a solid.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And I've introduced some of the Bay Area's earthquake-producing faults like the San Andreas fault (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/09/29/geozeum-a-personal-museum-of-geology/\">here\u003c/a>), the Hayward fault (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/05/05/geological-outings-around-the-bay-a-visit-to-the-hayward-fault/\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/10/06/geological-outings-around-the-bay-point-pinole-and-the-hayward-fault/\">here\u003c/a>), the San Gregorio fault (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/28/geological-outings-around-the-bay-point-ao-nuevo/\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/11/10/geological-outings-around-the-bay-fitzgerald-marine-preserve/\">here\u003c/a>) and the Green Valley fault (\u003ca>here\u003c/a>). I've showed you some ways to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/02/17/befriend-your-local-fault/\">friend your local fault\u003c/a> on your own, too. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But talking about all this cool fun science is circling around something that's more urgent: earthquakes are on their way, wherever you live in the Bay Area. And by preparing in advance for these earthquakes, you can save a whole lot of trouble for yourself, your family and your neighborhood. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know all this; I've known it and written about it for years. But I shy away from the implications, like a lot of people, and as a result I haven't done much serious preparation. Truth be told, I'm kind of paralyzed at the prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are people out there who understand this resistance to action. They are being as creative as they know how in a sincere effort to draw us into doing the right things. 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They tell us that damaging shaking from that big quake will affect my area. \u003ca href=\"http://quake.abag.ca.gov/shaking/\">The scenarios\u003c/a> show that problems from the quake will affect my area's infrastructure, its traffic, its economy. (\u003ci>Well . . . that's hard to ignore.\u003c/i>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4. \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/simulations/\">Recent, realistic simulations\u003c/a> show that the experience will be scary and challenging under the best of circumstances. (\u003ci>Imagining this keeps me awake sometimes.\u003c/i>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. You insure yourself against sudden death, illness and car crashes, don't you, so why not treat earthquakes the same way? (\u003ci>Um, O.K.\u003c/i>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, all that feels more like being harangued than being helped. Can earthquake preparation be easy instead? Or failing that, can it be simple? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would you settle for orderly? That is definitely doable. Some things come before other things, and those sincere, creative people have sorted them out in a program called \u003ca href=\"http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/seven_steps.html\">Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety\u003c/a>. That turns the daunting mountain of earthquake preparedness into a path, with one step at a time. For instance, step 1 is \"Secure it now!\" That sounds like something with a beginning and an end; like something I could incorporate into my routine, one errand at a time, a small new item in the family-meeting agenda and the household budget. That sounds like something I can actually manage. And once it's done, step 2——but let's not get ahead of ourselves; that's how the paralysis started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is coaching available, too. At least I think of it that way. 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