(page from my old class site)
Community College (LRCCD)
Geology & Earth Science Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.
Google Earth
Geomorphology of (mostly) California
aerial views by subject,
geology map
overlays, and
geophysics data:
(Google Earth
must be installed on your computer)
Atmosphere, Weather, Etc
Current
hourly temperature in western USA
2001
Klamath Basin drought before/after overlays
Coastal
Features
The
barrier island named Atlantic City
Barrier
island near Charleston, S.C. (with houses)
Baymouth
bar near Arcata
Baymouth
bar, reverse current, Bodega Bay
Breakwater
at Crescent City
Breakwater
at Long Beach
Breakwater
at Redondo Beach
Breakwaters
(multiple) at
Tel Aviv causing beach growth
Flooded
river (rising sea) at Point Reyes
Jetties
& breakwaters at Oxnard
Jetties
at Bodega Bay
Jetties
at Eureka
Jetties
at Gold Beach
Jetties
at Mission Bay
Jetties
at Morro Bay
Jetties
at Santa Cruz
Jetties
near Long Beach
Jetty
& breakwater at Marina Del Rey
Jetty
& breakwater at N. Oxnard
Jetty
at Fort Brag
Jetty
at Newport Beach
Jetty
with sand visible at Camp Pendleton
Sand
dunes at Pismo Beach
Source
of coastal sand, near Gualala
Straightened
beach at Point Reyes
Wave
cut cliffs north of Fort Bragg
Wave
cut Cliffs eroding toward houses at Capitola
Wave
cut Cliffs eroding toward houses near Pacific Palisades
Wave
cut cliffs near houses at Santa Cruz
Wave
cut terrace north of Jenner
Wave
cut terrace north of Point Arena
Wave
cut terrace being formed near Pacific Palisades
Depositional
& Desert Features
Alluvial
fans
in Mojave Desert, near
Owens Lake, Near
Bishop, joined
together, small
fans, Inyo
County fans, series
of fans & bajadas,
Aral
Sea, overlay of aerial photo of the sea in 1960 - before desertification
Ancient
wave-cut terraces north of Reno (ancient Basin &
Range lake)
Pyramid
Lake wave-cut terraces
Desert
flood hazards – Ivanpah Valley area of Nevada
Gulf
of California, likely minerals deposition
Mono
Lake, likely minerals deposition
Playa
and seasonal lake, near Trona, California
‘Racetrack
Playa’ in Nevada (home of the sailing rocks)
Salton
Sea, likely minerals
deposition
Small
Mesas & Buttes in Monument Valley, AZ
‘The
Racetrack’, home of the mysterious sliding stones
Delta
in Great Slave Lake, Canada
Reservoir
near LA showing filling by sedimentation
Erosional
Features (including mass
wasting)
New
& Old meanders, Inyo County
Hillside
slumps & flows alongside highway 80 near Cordelia
Yungay,
Peru (site of devastating debris flow on May
31, 1970)
Landslide
(old) in Humboldt County
Last
remnant of an ancient plain in Nevada (or lava cap)
Fluvial
Features
2
abandoned meanders (oxbow lakes) 15 miles north of Sacramento
3
oxbow lakes 25 miles north of Sacramento
Sacramento
River (more) meanders & oxbows
Meanders
& oxbows near Great Slave Lake, Canada
Sacramento
& American Rivers photo overlay showing sediment load
Sacramento
River changes course causing possible county boundary change
New
& old meanders, Inyo County
Radial
drainage on several extinct volcanoes in Lassen County
Rectangular
(or Trellis?) drainage pattern in Southern California
Human-made
drainage pattern in California desert
Braided
river (stream) in Congo
Sacramento
“possible flood” related
1.
Trace
of Sacramento River (primary contributor of water flowing
through Sacramento)
2.
Trace
of American River (secondary discharge contributor of
water flowing through Sacramento)
3.
Trace
of Feather River (tertiary discharge contributor of
water flowing through Sacramento)
4.
Map
of Sacramento Valley Flood Control Project
5.
Map
of potential flood water depths in Sacramento
6.
Shasta
Dam, Oroville
Dam, Folsom
Dam
Geologic map overlays on Google Earth
(NOTE: these overlay maps tend to really slow Google Earth!)
California (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Oregon (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Washington (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Hawaii (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
United
States (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
More map overlays (this links to additional geologic map overlays)
Geophysics
Bouguer
gravity anomaly map of the US (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Isostatic
residual gravity anomaly map of the US (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
GRACE
gravity model for Earth (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Earth’s
magnetic field (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
US
magnetic anomaly map (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
World
magnetic anomaly map (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Terrestrial
gamma radioactivity for US (obtained from CSUSD Geology)
Nuclear
testing database overlay
EGS
(Enhance Geothermal System) Potential in the USA
Geothermal
Potential, Surface Heat Flow, USA
Glacial
Features
Cirque
near Glacier Bay
Flooded
glacial valley (fjord) in Norway, Flooded
glacial valleys (fjords) in
Norway
Glaciers
near Juneau, Terminal
Moraine near Juneau
Glacial
terminal moraine & outwash in SE Alaska, Sediment
clogged Glacial Discharge near Juneau
Glacier
with medial & lateral sediments in SE Alaska
Glacier
Bay Alaska, overlay of glacier retreat record
Great
Basin Pleistocene lakes map (overlay)
Ice
Age lake shoreline in western Nevada
Lake
Bonneville and Lake Lahonton (Pleistocene
overlay)
Lake
Missoula ice dam location
Long
Island, N.Y., a terminal moraine
Map
of Pleistocene glaciation in North America
Map
of Pleistocene lakes in the Mojave Desert
Two
likely locations of Ice Age ice dams (near Lake Tahoe)
U-shaped
glacial valley (Yosemite)
U-shaped
glacial valley near Glacier Bay
Ocean
& Ocean Floor
Map
of 1929 Grand Banks turbidity current cable breaks
Sketch
of former Hudson River channel in the continental shelf
An
atoll, one
of many in the Marshall islands
Submarine
canyon near Cape Mendocino
Submarine
canyon off Humboldt County
Ocean
floor – Age, earthquake record, volcanoes
Ocean
floor map overlay outside the Golden Gate bridge (large
download)
Structural
Features, including earthquakes
SF
Area Liquefaction Susceptibility Map
USGS
‘Real-time’ earthquakes epicenters map
Overlay
map showing metamorphic rock near the Great Lakes
Clear
surface expression of a major fault, Pt. Reyes
Interesting
surface rock pattern, Inyo County
Dome
(doubly plunging anticline) near
Grenville Wyoming
Faults
from last 15,000 yrs in western USA
Western
USA: Quaternary,
Mid-Late
Quaternary, Late
Quaternary, Holocene-Late
Pleistocene, Historic
Vegetation
pattern indicating subsurface structure, in Butte county
Earthquake,
volcano, and seafloor age record overlay
New
Zealand 2010 and 2011 fault overlay
New
Zealand February 2011 shake map
Earth’s
tectonic plates boundaries
Earthquake
record by year: 2000,
2001,
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008,
2009,
2010,
2011
(to March)
San
Andreas Fault (see also USGS overlays
related to SF Bay Area seismic information)
Trace
(map) of the fault’s entire length (NOTE: this fault can be tens of meters wide, and in places
have more than one fault strand visible.)
At
Highways 41 & 46 (James Dean Memorial)
Volcanic
Features & Geothermal
Ship
Rock (eroded
volcanic neck in Arizona)
Group
of likely cinder cones, Inyo County
Crater
Lake, a composite cone turned caldera
Mount
Lassen, a composite cone
Mount
Shasta, a composite cone
(oblique view)
Black
Butte (a
cinder cone adjacent to Mt. Shasta)(oblique view)
Mauna
Loa, a shield volcano in Hawaii
Recent
lava flow in Siskiyou County
Recent
lava flow near Mount Shasta
Redoubt
volcano, Alaska
Mt.
St. Helens volcano, Oregon
Mt.
Etna volcano, Sicily, Italy
Mt.
Vesuvius volcano, Italy (destroyed Pompeii)
Stromboli
volcano, Aeolian Sea, Italy
Locations
of “hot spots” (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Locations
of large igneous provinces (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Overlay
of Yellowstone plateau volcanic field (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Columbia
plateau basalts (view 1) Columbia
plateau basalts (view 2)
Geothermal
potential, surface heat flow, USA
Geothermal
overlay of USA
Sierra
Negra Eruption on Galapagos Island
Important
geographic features
Aleutian
Islands (a volcanic arc)
Moon (These may require Google Earth be open with
the “Moon View” already selected)
Apollo
11 landing story narrated (may require a click on the camera icon next to the
‘slider’)
Apollo
17 with narration by Harrison Schmitt (may require a click on the camera icon next to the
‘slider’)
Planet
Mars
(These may require Google Earth be open
with the “Mars View” already selected)
Mars “Pathfinder” landing spot
Mars ”Spirit” Rover Landing Spot
Martian
Welcoming Committee for Spirit Rover
Mars
“Victoria Crater” (landing spot of “Opportunity” rover)
Astronomy,
& beyond our solar system (works
best if Google Earth is open with “Sky View” already selected)
Possible
galaxy birth with explanation
Where
is the Hubble orbiting space telescope now?
Current
events
(updated
when interesting story occurs)
Real-time
earthquake monitoring
Sumatra
earthquake, September 30, 3009
Samoa
earthquake, September 30, 2009
Surface
Mines in California
There are approximately 1,500 active surface mines in California,
most of which are producers of aggregate (sand & gravel). Following are aerial views of many of the
non-aggregate surface mines.
Dolomite
& limestone, Monterey County
Dolomite,
Santa Barbara County
Feldspar,
San Bernardino County
Iron
Ore, San Bernardino County
Iron
Ore, San Bernardino County
Iron
Ore, San Bernardino County
Limestone,
& Cement Plant, Kern County
Limestone,
& Cement Plant, San Bernardino County
Limestone,
San Bernardino County
Limestone,
San Bernardino County
Limestone,
San Luis Obispo County
Limestone,
Santa Barbara County
Lode
Gold, San Bernardino County
Platinum
Group Metals, Siskiyou County
Quartz
Crystal, Riverside County
Rare
Earth Elements, San Bernardino County (operational
outline)
Sericite,
San Bernardino County
Silica
Sand, Contra Costa County
Silica
Sand, San Bernardino County
Zeolite,
San Bernardino County
Locations
related to the mining industry (to be updated)
Monolith
Cement Manufacturing Company in Tehachapi, CA
San
Diego mineral resources (obtained from CSUSD
Geology)
Searles
Lake mining resources in Mojave Desert
Copper
deposits in Iran, Aster Ban overlay
Locations referenced in a previous Geology 306
Lab Book, Tarbuck 7e (Use these if/when necessary to help understand
the photos in the lab manual)
Fig
3.2, Mt. Capulin, New Mexico
Fig
3.3A, Eyjafjallajokul Volcano, Iceland
Fig
3.3C, Goat Paddock Crater, Australia
Fig
3.4, Maytown, Pennsylvania
Fig
3.15, Lake Mead (partial), Colorado River
Fig
4.6, Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana
Fig
4.7, Missouri River near Portage, Montana
Fig
4.8, near Belfast, New York
Fig
4.10, Red River near Campti, Louisiana
Fig
4.11, Red River near Campti, Louisiana
Fig
4.18, near Park City, Kentucky
Fig
4.19, near Park City, Kentucky
Fig
4.21, Yellowstone River Canyon & Lower Falls
Fig
5.3, near Antelope Peak, Arizona
Fig
5.4, near Antelope Peak, Arizona
Fig
5.8, near Whitewater, Wisconsin
Fig
5.9, near Whitewater, Wisconsin
Fig
5.11, Somewhere in Kluane National Park
Fig
5.12, Mt. Blanc (likely photo location)
Fig.
5.13, near Holy Cross, Colorado
Fig
5.15, alluvial fan not found (this is similar)
Fig.
5.16, Athabaska Glacier, Canada
Fig
7.25 overlay, Devils Fence, UT (approx fit)
Fig
7.25, near Devil’s Fence, MT (approx)
Fig
7.32 overlay, Lake Michigan area
Fig.
9.7, Runoff (lower left box)
Fig
10.2, Plate Boundaries (approximate overlay)
Fig.
10.8, Hawaiian Island chain (older islands to left)
Fig
11.11, coastal features location not found
Fig
20.1B, Mt Shasta (photo in book is reversed!)
Fig
20.2, Valley & Ridge Province, Pennsylvania
Fig
20.5, Impact Crater, Arizona
Fig
20.6D, Orientale Basin, Moon
Fig
20.9A, Valles Marineris, Mars
Fig
20.9E, (similar) Dunes of Endurance Crater, Mars
Fig
20.9E, (similar), Dune field near N Pole, Mars
Fig
20.9E, (similar), Dunes of Proctor Crater, Mars
Fig
20.11, Dendritic Drainage Pattern, Mars
Fig
20.12, Apollinaris Patera, Mars
Grand
Canal Tour-thru, Vallis Marinaris,
Mars (15 minutes)
Locations
referenced in the Geology 300 Textbook (Plummer
17e) (to be updated)
Locations
reference in the Geology 305 textbook (Tarbuck
12e) (to be updated)
Locations
referenced in a previous Geology 301 Lab Book, Busch 10e (Use these if/when necessary to
help understand the photos in the lab manual)
Fig
11.5 Lawton Ranch, Ennis Montana
Fig
11.7 Westgard Cemetery, Voltaire
Fig
11.8 Pumping Sta., Rio Grande
Activity
11.6A Gaging Sta., Montezuma, Georgia
Activity
11.6G, Montezuma, Georgia
Locations
referenced in a previous Geology 301 Lab Book, Busch 9e (Use these if/when necessary to
help understand the photos in the lab manual)
Fig
1.9, Mt Etna, with Overlay
Fig
1.10, Escondido Mine, Chile
Fig
1.10, Escondido Mine, with Overlay
Fig
on Pg 51, San Andreas Fault, Overlay
Fig
on Pg 52, Plate Movement in CA, Overlay
Fig
2.5, Hawaiian Chain, Overlay
Fig
2.5, Hawaii & Emperor Seamont Chain
Fig
2.6, Yellowstone Hotspot, Overlay (poor fit)
Fig
on Pg 142, Mississippi Delta, Overlay
Fig
on Pg 240 Upper, Near Las Vegas
Fig
9.7, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Fig
9.17, Garibaldi Lake, British Columbia
Fig
9.18, Mt. Price, British Columbia
Fig
on Pg 223, Ritter Ridge, CA
Fig
on Pg 241, Wind River Area, WY
Fig.
on Pg 242, near Six Mile Canyon, Colorado
Fig.
on Pg 247, South Central Pennsylvania
Fig.
on Pg 248, Colorado National Monument
(remainder
coming soon…)
Locations
referenced in a previous Geology 301 Lab Book, Busch 8e (Use these if/when necessary to
help understand the photos in the lab manual)
Fig.
1.10, Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy
Fig.
1.12, Chiliques Volcano, Chile
Fig. 1.13, Escondida Mine, Chile
Fig.
2.10, Hawaii & Emperor Seamont Chain
Fig.
2.12, Section of the San Andreas Fault
Fig.
5.21 Shiprock, New Mexico
Fig.
9.3, Cucamonga California Area
Fig.
9.11, Base Line Road near Sacramento
Fig.
9.24, Garibaldi Lake, British Columbia
Fig.
9.25, Garibaldi Lake, British Columbia
Fig.
11.7, Souris River, North Dakota
Fig.
11.8, Near Voltaire, North Dakota
Fig.
11.10, Near Ennis, Montana
Fig.
11.11, Rio Grande River at Brownsville, Texas
Fig.
11.12, Niagara Gorge, New York
Fig.
11.14, Montezuma, Georgia
Fig.
11.16, Montezuma, Georgia
Fig.
12.3, Rocky Hill, Kentucky
Fig.
12.6, Lake Carroll, Florida
Fig.
12.11, San Jose, California
Fig.
13.9, Siffleur River, Alberta
Fig.
13.10, Harvard Glacier, Alaska
Fig.
13.11, Indian River & Trent River, Ontario
Fig.
13.12, Palmyra, Wisconsin
Fig.
13.15, Glacier Park, Montana
Fig.
13.16, Nisqually Glacier, Washington
Fig.
14.5, Antelope Peak, Arizona
Fig.
14.6, Furnace Creek, California
Fig.
14.8, Wah Wah Valley, Utah
Fig.
14.11, White Lake, Nebraska
Fig.
15.5, Oceanside, California
Fig.
15.6, Point Reyes, California
Fig.
15.7, St. Catherines Island, Georgia
Fig.
15.8, Ocean City, Maryland
Fig.
16.8, Carrizo Plain, California