President Obama’s declaration that a large swath of Coast Range land will become the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument pleased a lot of people, including lovers of rocks. The park displays ...

Nestled in the heart of the UC Davis Arboretum lies the California Rock Garden, an educational haven designed to showcase the state's diverse geology. Developed by the Department of Earth and ...

It feels like discovering one of the state's best-kept secrets.

FOLLOWING the earlier studies of the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the mining districts of California, there has more recently been an immense amount of detailed and accurate work devoted to ...

Once upon a time, when roads were less crowded and freeways filled the need for speed, people often stopped their cars at roadsides to look around. That was decades ago, and many California drivers — ...

The Journal of Geology, Vol. 33, No. 6 (Aug. - Sep., 1925), pp. 588-607 (20 pages) Because of the supposed occurrence of an important angular unconformity at the top of the Monterey shale, most ...

Professor Emeritus Robert Matheson Norris, a co-founder of the Geology Department at the University of California at Santa Barbara and author of numerous publications, including The Geology of ...

Introduction to Geology through examination of aspects of the geology of Mexico. Emphasizes problem-based approach to learning Geology and the process of scientific investigation. Topics include a ...

A worker in the state oil and gas regulatory agency lodged a whistleblower's complaint over being ordered to prepare a state map of the oil and gas potential, history and geology of California Gov.