Professor William A. Selby

Rediscovering the Golden State: California Geography
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Modern Geology and Geomorphology

We are reminded every time a California earthquake adds elevation to another mountain or a landslide rips apart another hillside slope that dynamic and sometimes violent geologic processes are shaping California.

Take a moment to peruse though the list of links below and better acquaint yourself with the dynamic forces that have helped shape California.

 

Chapter 3 Quiz

California Links

    • California's Geomorphic Provinces Geotour - Shasta
    • California's Marine Terraces
    • Cascades and Modoc Plateau
    • Cenozoic/Mesozoic Volcanism
    • CVO Website - Salton Buttes, California
    • CVO Website - Visit A Volcano - Long Valley Caldera
    • Fault Map: Mojave Region
    • Landform Provinces
    • Lassen Geology
    • Lassen National Park
    • Lassen Volcanic National Park
    • Long Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters Volcanic Field, California
    • Monitoring Volcanic Unrest at Long Valley Caldera, California
    • Mountain Building Module
    • Mt. Konocti
    • Mt. Shasta Legends
    • N. Pacific and Western U.S.
    • Natural Hazards in California
    • Our Dynamic Desert
    • Overview of Sonoma County Geology
    • Plate Tectonics: Faults
    • Shasta Cam
    • Sonoma Orogeny
    • The Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau
    • Ubehebe Crater
    • Volcanism of the Cascade Mountains
    • Volcano Hazard of Lassen Peak
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