UNR Geology Field Camp: May 28 - July 9

 

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aerial image of Cascade Lake and Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe study area
image of north Lake Tahoe on the nevada side
Eagle Rock, Lake Tahoe
     
13,051 ft Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park
image of geology students peak bagging, alpine Meadows ski resort, Lake Tahoe
image of students mapping in Ward Creek meadows with Lake Tahoe in the background
     
Students and glacial erratic, near Cascade Lake, Lake Tahoe area
Day off, July 4th, north Tahoe
image of Csacade Lakes and Sierran Granite near Yosemite
     
Point Bonita and Golden Gate
Seacliffs, Kehoe Beach
Eocene conglomerate and sandstone, Point Reyes
     
Structures in Cathedral Peak granite, Saddlebag Lake area
Measuring folds in the Snake Range
Notch Peak, Utah
     
Examination of calc-silicate altered Ely limestone underground at the Elijah Mine
Sawmill Ridge and Cretaceous Sierran granites in Yosemite
Relic of a bygone era; abandoned drill rig, Minerva Hill tungsten district
     
Saddlebag Lake pendant and 13508 ft Mt Dana
Notch Peak
Steelhead Lake and metamorphic rocks of Saddlebag Lake pendant, near Yosemite
     
Geologists resting on glacially polished granite, Yosemite
Tent camp in Unionville
Layering in granite, Sawmill Canyon, near Yosemite
     
Olmstead Point, Yosemite, with Clouds Rest and Half Dome in the background
Mapping in the open pit at the Round Mountain gold mine
13,058 ft Mount Dana, from near Tioga Pass, Yosemite
     
We can't believe we climbed Star Peak
Layering in granite, Sawmill Canyon, near Yosemite
Students and glacial erratic, near Cascade Lake, Lake Tahoe area
     
Antler allochthon, north-central Nevada
Last field day, we survived! - Saddlebag Lake area
image of WheelerPeak, Great Basin National Park, the highest Peak in Nevada
     
Franciscan melange, Shell Beach
Students enjoying high Sierra sun and snow, Saddlebag Lake area
Saddlebag Lake and Excelsior Mountain, near Yosemite
     
4,000 ft eastern escarpment, Star Peak, Humboldt Range
     
Mt Dana, Gaylor Peak and Cathedral Range, Yosemite
     
12590 ft Mt Conness and Saddlebag Ridge near Yosemite
Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
 
 

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