This web exploration is just an excerpt of the
complete field trip that runs from Modesto to Hornitos, Highway 140
through Merced, the Merced River Canyon, through Yosemite Valley,
and back to Modesto via Highway 120 and 132 (some of the references
may not be noted on the web exploration). For information on
purchasing the entire field guide (which includes several other
field trips), please
follow this link. Sales support scholarships for geology majors
through the Far Western Section of the National Association of
Geoscience Teachers. We appreciate your help!
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Huber, N.K., 1991, The late
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1991, Geologic Field Guide Stockton to Yosemite:
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pages.
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evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the Sierra
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Francisco-San Jose Quadrangle, California Division
of Mines and Geology, Regional Geologic Map Series,
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Wahrhaftig, 1962, Geomorphology of
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Wood, S.H., 1984, East Meadow of
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tephrochronology east and west of the central
Sierran crest, Field trip Guidebook for the Friends
of the Pleistocene, Pacific Cell, Genny Smith Books,
pages 1-20.
Yount, J., and La Pointe, D.D.,
1997, Glaciation, Faulting, and Volcanism in the
Southern Lake Tahoe Basin, in Dillet, B., Ames, L.,
Gaskin, L. and Kortemeier, W., eds., Where the
Sierra Nevada Meets the Basin and Range, Field trip
guidebook for the National Association of Geoscience
Teachers, Far Western Section, 1997 Fall Field
Conference, pages 34-56.