Geology of Baker Beach, San Francisco, CA

Slide 1 (map and directions)

Slide 2 (path to beach)

Slide 3 (serpentine)

Slide 4 ( a typical melange block)

Slide 5 (a characteristic group of blocks surrounded by a clayey matrix)

Slide 6 (a boundary between large blocks)

Slide 7 (another boundary between large blocks)

Slide 8 (the crushed zones between blocks)

Slide 9 (closeup of crushed zone)

Slide 10 (further closeup of crushed zone)

Slide 11 (a fold in a block)

Slide 12 (layered sandstone and shale in a block)

Slide 13 (closeup of graded turbidites sequence)

Slide 14 (further closeup of single turbidite)

Slide 15 (current indicators on bottom of a sandstone block)

Slide 16 (high pressure, low temperature metamorphic rocks)

Slide 17 (more on high pressure, low temperature rocks)




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