Spring 2002 Field Trip - Beach Processes in Southern California

18-21 April 2002


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Background

In Spring 2002, the semester field trip took us to the beaches of Southern California where we examined shoreline geomorphic and tectonic processes.


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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Waiting to go at LPL.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Examining desert pavementsat rest stop in Sentinal volcanic field.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Lunch at Algodones Dune field.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Matt says "G'day!"
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 A tumbling tumbleweed.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Manly Jonathan struts for the camera.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Ingrid Daubar discusses ancient Lake Cahuilla and the modern Salton Sea at Travertine Rock.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Travertine!
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 People listen to Ingrid talk.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Gwen sits in the classic Gwen-pose.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 "Crocodile" Chamberlain goes on walkabout....
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Which way to go?
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Still thinking....
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Note that the granites on top are not covered by travertine, so they were above the elevation of spray from Lake Cahuilla.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Paul Withers talks about the tectonics of the Salton trough.
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 Still talking....
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 John Keller breaks into song. "The hills are alive...."
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Date: 18 Apr 2002 A view of the stinking Salton Sea behind Travertine Rock.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Breaking camp on Day 2.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 We get a visit from Wile E. Coyote.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Where's the roadrunner?
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Looking for ACME products....
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Jani Radebaugh talks about the Southern California Batholith.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Ingrid gets a refreshment.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Joe sets up lunch.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Curtis - groovin' like a white boy.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Thugs at the beach.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 We didn't get to do any parasailing....
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Adam "Aquaman" Showman gets into his superhero costume.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Jonathan Fortney - so manly that he can wear toenail polish.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Mmmmmmm....
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Adina Alpert talks about near-shore currents.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 A sandpiper looking for a meal.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 We tried to perform a float experiment to study near-shore currents.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Looking at the surf....
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Paul helpfully points out the ocean to Gwen.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 The rest of us are quite happy to watch the near-shore current experiment degenerate.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 What's Jonathan writing?
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Beach graffitti.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Gwen heads for the ocean.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Abby is content to stay on shore.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Curtis heads for shore.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 So does Oleg...
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 ... but he still shivers for a while.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Ingrid and Jani head for the surf.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 The US Navy keeps the beach safe from Al Qeada.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 JAYWATCH!
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Move over David Hasselhoff... H. Jay Melosh is our lifeguard of choice!
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Laying down the law....
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 "You can't bury that here!" (OK, John's just digging for placer deposits.)
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 "Over there is a better place to bury your evidence...."
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Beach hooligans.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Jay heads for shore.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Lifeguards always get the babes!
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 The tide came in while we were at the beach. Here's why.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Joe Spitale talks about sand movement in the swash zone.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Heavy mineral laminae.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 Jonathan Fortney talks about estuaries near Torey Pines State Park.
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Date: 19 Apr 2002 An estuary.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 At the Portuguese Bend landslide site.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Gwen poses in front of pipes and road warped by ground movement.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Marine terraces!
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 A self portrait.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Moi - courtesy of Oleg.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Note that the road has been repatched serveral tines due to mass movement of the stuff it's built on.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Due to lawsuits, the bulk of Portuguese Bend landslide is off limits.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Lunch in Point Fermin Park.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Ingrid finds gooey petroleum stuff seeping out onto Carpinteria Beach.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Offshore oil platform.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 A flower. (Duh!)
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 More oil seeps.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 The next La Brea Tar Pits are going to reveal trapped graduate students!
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Oleg performs in situ sampling of the seeps.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 People around the tide pools.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 The Little Mermaid. (Please don't sue us, Disney Co.)
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Gwen Bart talks about life in tidal pools.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Abby Wasserman talks about active oil seeps.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Curtis Cooper explains tides.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 Checking out the tide pools.
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Date: 20 Apr 2002 LA traffic.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 Breaking camp on Day 4.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 A view from our campsite...
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 ...next to the Blackhawk Landslide.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 Paul Withers discusses local tectonic while Dave O'Brien serves as his bodyguard.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 At ancient Lake Manix, Oleg Abramov discusses (supposed) beach deposits on Mars.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 Lake Manix pavement.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 Sorting of gravels in Lake Manix.
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Date: 21 Apr 2002 Adam Showman checks out the gravel deposits. (Tunnel vision due to multiple filters on the camera.)
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Author: Peter Lanagan (planagan@lpl.arizona.edu)
Last updated: 02 Oct 2002