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TOUR OF THE HAYWARD FAULT Introduction to the Hayward Fault The Hayward fault extends from San Jose 120 km or about 74 miles northward along the base of the East Bay Hills to San Pablo Bay. Two types of fault movement occur along faults. One type is the catastrophic rupture of the ground that generates large earthquakes. A large earthquake, estimated to have been about magnitude 7, occurred on ...

Walter Geology Library links to online and virtual geologic field trip guidebooks ...

An Introduction and Virtual Geologic Field Trip to the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, New Mexico-West Texas This site offers a virtual field trip to the classic Permian reef complex and other geologic features of the Guadalupe Mountains. It contains an introduction plus several roadlogs with diagrams, photographs, and movies, as well as an extensive bibliography in order ...

Virtual Geologic Field Trip to Griffith Park An Activity Using Virtual Fields Overview/Introduction: This project, Virtual Geologic Field Trip to Griffith Park was developed to meet the need for online resources that will facilitate the educational use of field trips and field study programs in the high school science curriculum. The goal of this project was to develop a hypermedia virtual ...

The Mount Rogers area contains some of the most spectacular scenery and rugged terrain in Virginia. Mount Rogers is the highest elevation in Virginia (5729 ft), and nearby Whitetop Mountain (5520 ft) is the second highest peak. The area is located in the Blue Ridge province, and contains a unique record of the Precambrian history of Virginia. It is the only place in Virginia that preserves ...

USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington Road Guides and Field Trips -- Not Necessarily Online -- Cascade Range and Other Volcanic Areas Central Oregon Columbia River Gorge and Vicinity Crater Lake, Oregon Mount Hood, Oregon Long Valley Vicinity, California North Cascades, Washington State Mount St. Helens, Washington State Sunset Crater, Arizona Cascade Range and Other Volcanic ...