Caltech Geology and Planetary Science Feature Articles

Hiroo Kanamori, Kyoto Laureate

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:07:58 -0800

Professor Don Anderson, Crafoord Laureate and Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, has written an article on his trip to Kyoto as a representative, not only of the Division, but also of Caltech, to be in attendance when Hiroo Kanamori received the Kyoto Prize.

The 2006 Cruise Expedition

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:28:26 -0700

From late September to October 2006, a Caltech GPS research group headed by Victoria Orphan sailed on the R/V Atlantis and used Alvin to study diverse methane-oxidizing Archaea and associated syntrophic relationships using high resolution molecular and isotopic methods off the coast of Oregon. Follow the link above to view the expedition website.

In Sumatra: Notes From a Geologist in the Field

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:25:50 -0700

From January 3 to January 20, 2005, Professor Kerry Sieh was in Indonesia, focusing on Sumatra and its accompanying islands, to assess the geological changes caused by the Aceh earthquake and determine future locations for seismic monitoring equipment.

The 2004 GPS Western Australia Trip

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:19:28 -0700

We left LAX Thursday evening from terminal 4, the American Airlines terminal. Everything got through security all right, though Cody was called back because his Brunton compass set off the alarms with a petroleum smell....

The 2003 GPS Postdoc Field Trip

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:18:10 -0700

For their annual field trip, the GPS postdocs went to Baja California, Mexico and the Salton Sea in southern California, on January 31 - February 3rd, 2003. The purpose of this field trip was to give an overview of the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates and the opening of the Gulf of California.

The 2002 Student International Field Trip to Brazil

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:56:36 -0700

The trip took us to many portions of Brazil. We left Pasadena on July 18 and flew to Miami. Then, our route of travel took us first to Rio de Janeiro early the next morning, and after a short wait at the airport, we continued on the flight to Belo Horizonte where we cleared customs and immigration.... (Follow the link above to visit the trip website.)

The 2002 GPS Postdoc Field Trip to Death Valley

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:54:49 -0700

The 3rd annual GPS Postdoc Field Trip took place the weekend of March 8-10, 2002, in Death Valley National Park. Specific destinations and discussions of this trip included: Tufa Towers in the Trona Pinnacles area, Mosaic Canyon, Ubehebe Craters, Death Valley and Garlock Fault systems, turtleback formations, hypersaline pools and evaporites surrounding Badwater, and Precambrian glacial diamictites.

The Paleomag Lab's Grand Canyon Field Trip, 2001

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:53:25 -0700

Is there a paleomagnetic record of the Cambrian Inertial Interchange event existent in the Tapeats Sandstone in the Grand Canyon? Our lab took a combined rafting and sampling trip through the Canyon last summer to sample the Tapeats for this purpose. The above link takes you to a slide show of the trip. Click here for a description of research conducted on this trip.

Ge 122 Field Trip to Taiwan

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:51:08 -0700

For eleven days in mid-September, 2001, six Caltech students joined with six of their Taiwanese counterparts from National Taiwan University to assess the hazards of earthquake rupture, flooding and landsliding in southeastern Taiwan.

The GPS Division's 75th Anniversary Reunion

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:40:04 -0700

The division celebrated its 75th anniversary from May 14 - 17, 2001. This article includes a group photo, video of Bob Sharp addressing the reunion, and a pictorial of reunion memories.

Caltech GPS Geology and Cultural Field Trip to South Africa

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:29:11 -0700

Thanks to the generosity of Caltech alum Mike Scott, a contingent of GPS undergraduate and graduate students immersed themselves in the geology and culture of South Africa from September 4 to September 24, 2000.

1999 GPS Student Expedition to Greece and Turkey

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:32 -0700

Thanks to the generosity of Caltech alum Mike Scott, 24 undergraduate and graduate students were able to take a two week field trip to Greece and Turkey from September 2-16, 1999.

Commencement 1999: A GPS Pictorial

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:20:09 -0700

The 105th annual commencement took place on June 11, 1999. The GPS division awarded 22 degrees ranging from Bachelors of Science (B.S.) to Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

1998 Field Trip to Katmai National Park, Alaska

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:17:22 -0700

Beginning in 1997, the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech has organized an annual field expedition to areas of particular geologic interest. The 1997 trip, led by Caltech's Professor Jason Saleeby, was to southeast Alaska and the Duke Island ultramafic complex. The 1998 trip, to Alaska's Katmai National Park, was led by Professor John Eichelberger of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Follow the link above to view the trip website.