Ge111b Applied Geophysics Field Course - Blackhawk Landslide


The ge111b group: Front row (kneeling, L to R): Joann Stock, Wren Montgomery, Antonin Bouchez, Brian Collins, Mohi Kumar, Magali Billen 2nd row (L to R): Aron Meltzner Derrick Hasterok, Julie Nazareth, Margaret Belska, Emily Brodsky, Jing Liu Back row (L to R): Matt Pritchard, John Clinton, Rob Clayton, Mark Simons, Lori Fenton. (photo by Joann Stock)

 
No, its not a refugee camp -- all the students set up their tents on the soft sand in the dry stream bed.
(photo by Magali Billen)
 

A view of the main tent at base camp with four of the five trucks used during the week. In the background the eastern edge of the Blackhawk Landslide is visible in the low sun angle as a chain of North-South hills.(photo by Magali Billen)

 

After setting up the main tent at base camp, the group escapes from the Sun (clockwise): Wren Montgomery, John Clinton, Jing Liu, Lori Fenton, Matt Pritchard, Derrick Hasterok and Rob Clayton. (photo by Magali Billen)
 

Derrick Hasterok takes a reading of the gravity field while Emily Brodsky provides shade from the intense desert Sun and Aron Meltzner prepares to record the reading. John Clinton looks on.(photo by Joann Stock)

 

>Rob Clayton prepares the thumper for the seismic experiment as Aron Meltzner, Mohi Kumar and Julie Nazareth look on. (photo by Joann Stock)
 

Emily Brodksy discusses surveying with the total station with Derrick Hasterok and John Clinton. (Photo by Joann Stock)

 

This is a SPOT satellite image taken of the Blackhawk Landslide and surrounding area. The triangles indicate areas where experiments were performed.
 

Wren Montgomery stands as a scale bar next to an outcrop of slide material where clastic dikes are visible. (Photo by Joann Stock)

 
Antonin Bouchez levels the surveying rod so that Mark Simons can shoot a laser (next picture) off the reflector on the rod to survey the point.
(photo by Magali Billen)
 

Surveying points on top of Hill 3735 using the total station. Antonin Bouchez stands at the point while Mark Simons and Julie Nazareth set up to take a reading and Margaret Belska prepares to record it. Matt Pritchard stands in the distance enjoying the view.(photo by Magali Billen)