Eastern California is the perhaps the best place in the country to learn geology. The deserts beyond the Sierra Nevada host glacial features, volcanoes and rivers. Beautiful stratigraphic layers are ...

Explore the debate surrounding California state rock serpentine and its connection to chrysotile asbestos exposure in the latest bill. “There is no way anyone is going to get bothered by casual ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.SAN JOSE, Calif. — California geology officials have released an updated state seismic activity map that they hope will improve earthquake preparedness and construction decisions. The ...

Construction at a high school uncovered millions of fossils dating back nearly 9 million years. The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery ...

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 ...

The earth and geologic time. Earth materials -- Geologic time -- Plate tectonics -- Southern California through geologic time. Overview of the geologic history of Southern California -- Proterozoic ...

In the warm afternoons of early autumn, Bay Area residents head for the Coast Range north of San Francisco. They hike, picnic and pluck flowers atop Mount Tamalpais and its sister hills, which ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)- California geology officials have released an updated state seismic activity map that they hope will improve earthquake preparedness and construction decisions. The map, which ...