UNLV Geology 471/671 Petroleum Geology Fieldtrip to the San Joaquin Valley and Central California Coast Student participants: Jesse Grady, Sam Hudson, Jonathan Zybala Faculty member: Andrew Hanson T.A.: Liz Glowiak

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UNLV Geology 471/671Petroleum Geology Fieldtrip
to the San Joaquin Valley and Central California
CoastStudent participants Jesse Grady, Sam
Hudson, Jonathan ZybalaFaculty member Andrew
HansonT.A. Liz Glowiak
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Jonathan Zybala standing next to disturbed beds
in the McKittrick Brea (fossil tar pit) on the
west side of the San Joaquin valley.
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Sam and Jonathan sampling oil at the Price
Canyon oil seep near Pismo Beach.
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Rainbow touching down in the San Andreas fault
valley west of Maricopa
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Slickensides (the white surfaces) exposed within
the Monterey Formation near San Ardo (note hammer
for scale).
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Graduate student Sam Hudson examining the Santa
Margarita Fm (a shoreface unit) at the Coalinga
anticline. Note sand dollar on the face of the
outcrop in front of Sam.
Sand dollar
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Jonathan, Sam, and Jesse examining outcrops of
blue sandstone in the Etchegoin Fm exposed at
Coalinga.
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California poppies and lupines growing on the
slopes of the southern Sierra
Nevada on the east side of the San Joaquin valley.