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PubTalk 6/2006 — Geology on Conveyor Belts

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New ideas on Bay Area evolution from a decade of geologic mapping

By Russ Graymer, Geologist

 

  • What was the Bay Area like during the Age of Dinosaurs?
  • Learn about the distant origins of some rocks seen around the bay
  • Hear how the San Andreas fault system has rearranged the region.
  • Volcanoes in Berkeley?
  • 3-D geologic mapping yields new ideas about active Bay Area faults- what.s next?

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01:34:12

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