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Welcome to the Geology Department Home Page at Modesto Junior College! Check back often to see coming opportunities in field trips and courses.
Virtual Field Trip to Yosemite Valley (original version).
Revised and
updated version at Geotripper Images!
Join
us on the summer field studies! Geology
174, Geology of the Colorado Plateau, June 13-29,
2012 (held jointly with Anthropology 174, Archaeology of the Colorado Plateau).
We survived
the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rocky Mountains! See the
story in picture and words here!
Learn
about Serpentine, California's State Rock:
Geotripper
discusses educational and political aspects of the issue
We survived Hawaii!
Pictures
here
MJC class on earthquakes gets real-world lesson! 5.6 magnitude earthquake in San
Jose shakes Modesto area
An aerial tour of Table Mountain
and part of the Mother Lode here!
Why is the geology of California unique in the world?
Click here
Check out the Geology of the
California Gold Rush!
Are you man or woman
enough to survive an MJC Field Trip? Find out here
What is a geologist? Check this out!
The Geology Department at MJC provides classes in the geological sciences (Physical and Historical Geology, California Geology, and Mineralogy) as well as a variety of field studies courses to Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades, Death Valley, the Colorado Plateau, the Pacific Northwest, and the Rocky Mountains. We also offer day trips to numerous localities in Central California. Come and join us!
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Please contact us if you have any questions on classes, field trips, or geological mysteries!
Telephone: 209-575-6294
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