Post on 19-Dec-2015
Deep (or not so deep) history of the San Francisco Bay
Doris Sloan
Department of Earth & Planetary Science, UCB
John Karachewski
After Cohen, 2000
After Conomos, 1979
John Karachewski
Geologic Processes that Form the BayGeologic Processes that Form the Bay
• Crustal (Tectonic) Movements
• Sea Level Rise and Fall
• Crustal (Tectonic) Movements
• Sea Level Rise and Fall
Plummer & McGeary, 1991
View north from Mt. TamalpaisJohn Karachewski
Geologic Processes that Form the BayGeologic Processes that Form the Bay
• Crustal Movements
• Sea Level Rise and Fall
• Crustal Movements
• Sea Level Rise and Fall
Sea-level lowstand, 20,000 years ago K. Kalamars
John Karachewski
After LaJoie, 2001
Amy Lesen
Atwater et al., 1981
USGS
The San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle