Spring 2002 Field Trip - Beach Processes in Southern California
18-21 April 2002
Contents
Background
In Spring 2002, the semester field trip took us to the beaches of Southern California where we examined shoreline geomorphic and tectonic processes.
Pictures
![]() | Large size 0301 kB | Full size 0336 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Waiting to go at LPL. |
![]() | Large size 0277 kB | Full size 0384 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Examining desert pavementsat rest stop in Sentinal volcanic field. |
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![]() | Large size 0224 kB | Full size 0393 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Lunch at Algodones Dune field. |
![]() | Large size 0223 kB | Full size 0342 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Matt says "G'day!" |
![]() | Large size 0132 kB | Full size 0100 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | A tumbling tumbleweed. |
![]() | Large size 0242 kB | Full size 0381 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Manly Jonathan struts for the camera. |
![]() | Large size 0281 kB | Full size 0324 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Ingrid Daubar discusses ancient Lake Cahuilla and the modern Salton Sea at Travertine Rock. |
![]() | Large size 0393 kB | Full size 0412 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Travertine! |
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![]() | Large size 0293 kB | Full size 0392 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | People listen to Ingrid talk. |
![]() | Large size 0333 kB | Full size 0410 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Gwen sits in the classic Gwen-pose. |
![]() | Large size 0235 kB | Full size 0370 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | "Crocodile" Chamberlain goes on walkabout.... |
![]() | Large size 0229 kB | Full size 0365 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Which way to go? |
![]() | Large size 0249 kB | Full size 0386 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Still thinking.... |
![]() | Large size 0265 kB | Full size 0329 kB | 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. |
![]() | Large size 0277 kB | Full size 0396 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Paul Withers talks about the tectonics of the Salton trough. |
![]() | Large size 0281 kB | Full size 0329 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | Still talking.... |
![]() | Large size 0328 kB | Full size 0413 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | John Keller breaks into song. "The hills are alive...." |
![]() | Large size 0253 kB | Full size 0387 kB | Date: 18 Apr 2002 | A view of the stinking Salton Sea behind Travertine Rock. |
![]() | Large size 0291 kB | Full size 0343 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Breaking camp on Day 2. |
![]() | Large size 0284 kB | Full size 0401 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | We get a visit from Wile E. Coyote. |
![]() | Large size 0295 kB | Full size 0396 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Where's the roadrunner? |
![]() | Large size 0293 kB | Full size 0393 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Looking for ACME products.... |
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![]() | Large size 0325 kB | Full size 0411 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Jani Radebaugh talks about the Southern California Batholith. |
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![]() | Large size 0226 kB | Full size 0183 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Ingrid gets a refreshment. |
![]() | Large size 0278 kB | Full size 0275 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Joe sets up lunch. |
![]() | Large size 0221 kB | Full size 0342 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Curtis - groovin' like a white boy. |
![]() | Large size 0235 kB | Full size 0393 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Thugs at the beach. |
![]() | Large size 0216 kB | Full size 0349 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | We didn't get to do any parasailing.... |
![]() | Large size 0250 kB | Full size 0259 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Adam "Aquaman" Showman gets into his superhero costume. |
![]() | Large size 0268 kB | Full size 0350 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Jonathan Fortney - so manly that he can wear toenail polish. |
![]() | Large size 0282 kB | Full size 0343 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Mmmmmmm.... |
![]() | Large size 0224 kB | Full size 0245 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Adina Alpert talks about near-shore currents. |
![]() | Large size 0234 kB | Full size 0333 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | A sandpiper looking for a meal. |
![]() | Large size 0237 kB | Full size 0613 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | We tried to perform a float experiment to study near-shore currents. |
![]() | Large size 0239 kB | Full size 0562 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Looking at the surf.... |
![]() | Large size 0243 kB | Full size 0383 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Paul helpfully points out the ocean to Gwen. |
![]() | Large size 0241 kB | Full size 0370 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | The rest of us are quite happy to watch the near-shore current experiment degenerate. |
![]() | Large size 0252 kB | Full size 0391 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | What's Jonathan writing? |
![]() | Large size 0236 kB | Full size 0407 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Beach graffitti. |
![]() | Large size 0239 kB | Full size 0396 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Gwen heads for the ocean. |
![]() | Large size 0227 kB | Full size 0367 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Abby is content to stay on shore. |
![]() | Large size 0254 kB | Full size 0606 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Curtis heads for shore. |
![]() | Large size 0171 kB | Full size 0439 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | So does Oleg... |
![]() | Large size 0262 kB | Full size 0383 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | ... but he still shivers for a while. |
![]() | Large size 0244 kB | Full size 0396 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Ingrid and Jani head for the surf. |
![]() | Large size 0149 kB | Full size 0235 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | The US Navy keeps the beach safe from Al Qeada. |
![]() | Large size 0262 kB | Full size 0380 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | JAYWATCH! |
![]() | Large size 0269 kB | Full size 0386 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Move over David Hasselhoff... H. Jay Melosh is our lifeguard of choice! |
![]() | Large size 0256 kB | Full size 0384 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Laying down the law.... |
![]() | Large size 0245 kB | Full size 0384 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | "You can't bury that here!" (OK, John's just digging for placer deposits.) |
![]() | Large size 0245 kB | Full size 0381 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | "Over there is a better place to bury your evidence...." |
![]() | Large size 0282 kB | Full size 0386 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Beach hooligans. |
![]() | Large size 0252 kB | Full size 0374 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Jay heads for shore. |
![]() | Large size 0259 kB | Full size 0629 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Lifeguards always get the babes! |
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![]() | Large size 0136 kB | Full size 0439 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | The tide came in while we were at the beach. Here's why. |
![]() | Large size 0222 kB | Full size 0218 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Joe Spitale talks about sand movement in the swash zone. |
![]() | Large size 0296 kB | Full size 0372 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Heavy mineral laminae. |
![]() | Large size 0234 kB | Full size 0375 kB | Date: 19 Apr 2002 | Jonathan Fortney talks about estuaries near Torey Pines State Park. |
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![]() | Large size 0064 kB | Full size 0381 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | At the Portuguese Bend landslide site. |
![]() | Large size 0343 kB | Full size 0411 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Gwen poses in front of pipes and road warped by ground movement. |
![]() | Large size 0261 kB | Full size 0386 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Marine terraces! |
![]() | Large size 0237 kB | Full size 0379 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | A self portrait. |
![]() | Large size 0271 kB | Full size 0384 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Moi - courtesy of Oleg. |
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![]() | Large size 0305 kB | Full size 0393 kB | 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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![]() | Large size 0279 kB | Full size 0340 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Due to lawsuits, the bulk of Portuguese Bend landslide is off limits. |
![]() | Full size 0386 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Lunch in Point Fermin Park. | |
![]() | Large size 0283 kB | Full size 0343 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | More marine terraces. |
![]() | Large size 0343 kB | Full size 0410 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Ingrid finds gooey petroleum stuff seeping out onto Carpinteria Beach. |
![]() | Large size 0266 kB | Full size 0387 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Gooey. |
![]() | Large size 0203 kB | Full size 0352 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Offshore oil platform. |
![]() | Large size 0288 kB | Full size 0374 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | A flower. (Duh!) |
![]() | Large size 0310 kB | Full size 0379 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | More oil seeps. |
![]() | Large size 0279 kB | Full size 0419 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | The next La Brea Tar Pits are going to reveal trapped graduate students! |
![]() | Large size 0368 kB | Full size 0412 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Oleg performs in situ sampling of the seeps. |
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![]() | Large size 0219 kB | Full size 0351 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | People around the tide pools. |
![]() | Large size 0251 kB | Full size 0385 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | The Little Mermaid. (Please don't sue us, Disney Co.) |
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![]() | Large size 0332 kB | Full size 0412 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Gwen Bart talks about life in tidal pools. |
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![]() | Large size 0276 kB | Full size 0281 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Abby Wasserman talks about active oil seeps. |
![]() | Large size 0262 kB | Full size 0257 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Curtis Cooper explains tides. |
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![]() | Large size 0265 kB | Full size 0371 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | Checking out the tide pools. |
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![]() | Large size 0213 kB | Full size 0316 kB | Date: 20 Apr 2002 | LA traffic. |
![]() | Large size 0345 kB | Full size 0414 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | Breaking camp on Day 4. |
![]() | Large size 0240 kB | Full size 0388 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | A view from our campsite... |
![]() | Large size 0266 kB | Full size 0330 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | ...next to the Blackhawk Landslide. |
![]() | Large size 0308 kB | Full size 0365 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | Paul Withers discusses local tectonic while Dave O'Brien serves as his bodyguard. |
![]() | Large size 0091 kB | Full size 0498 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | At ancient Lake Manix, Oleg Abramov discusses (supposed) beach deposits on Mars. |
![]() | Large size 0403 kB | Full size 0412 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | Lake Manix pavement. |
![]() | Large size 0398 kB | Full size 0439 kB | Date: 21 Apr 2002 | Sorting of gravels in Lake Manix. |
![]() | Large size 0376 kB | Full size 0410 kB | 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