Show threadRanger DanNov 2, 2024
@jewishreader highly recommend #streetcar2subduction I was a friend of geologist, Clyde Wahrhaftig- sweet man. RIP - mapped geology of parts of #YosemiteNP #LGBTQ
Bill MinarikSep 22, 2024

Callan Bentley has written a blog post on the Jenner blueschists and eclogites at: https://mountainbeltway.all-geo.org/2019/12/13/friday-fold-blueschist-eclogite-at-jenner-california/
He also collaborated on AGU's Streetcar2Subduction:
https://www.agu.org/learn-and-develop/learn/streetcar2subduction/streetcar2subduction

Check out the Eclogite Block at the Ring Mountain Stop for omphacitic pyroxene goodness.

#MinCup24 #Omphacite #AGU #Streetcar2Subduction #California #BayArea #Geology

Friday fold: blueschist & eclogite at Jenner, California - Mountain Beltway

A pre-Fall Meeting field trip to the coast of northern California yields rare sights of garnet-bearing blueschist, plus eclogite, some pillow basalts, birds, waves, wind, and a lot of rain.

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