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Geology 174, Pacific Northwest/Northern Rocky Mountains Summer Field Studies, June 15-30, 2011. Join us!
Check out the MJC Geology Blog!
MJC Geology Class takes test on earthquakes, then experiences one! 5.6 magnitude quake near San Jose shakes Modesto area. Modesto Bee story here: http://www.modbee.com/local/story/107706.html
Spring Semester Field Trips have been scheduled!
Geology of the Death Valley, Feb. 17-21, 2011! Get the story here!
Geology of the Sierra Nevada Southern Mother Lode, Saturday, March 12
Geology of Yosemite National Park, Saturday, April 9
Contact Garry Hayes for more information
The MJC departments of Geology and Archaeology traveled to Italy and Switzerland during July, 2007! Pictures here!
Tsunami Lecture described in the Modesto Bee here
We visited Australia and New Zealand in Summer 2004! Pictures here
Our Utah dinosaur comes to visit California! In the summer of 1996, MJC Geology students discovered the cervical vertebrae of a Camarasaurus in the Utah desert near Green River. It was excavated by the Utah Geological Survey, and will now be on semi-permanent loan at the Great Valley Museum in Modesto. Come and visit! Get the story of our discovery here! See the Modesto Bee report of October 4, 2001 here
MJC sponsored the
Fall 1998 Conference of the National Association of
Geoscience Teachers. . Conference speakers were Royal Robbins,
and John Tinsley of the U.S.Geologic Survey. For information about
ordering the conference guidebook, click here. For a virtual
field trip to Yosemite Valley, click here!
Our first dinosaur (a zephyrosaurus) is on virtual display at the Museum of the Rockies! The specimen of this very rare species was found by students Heather and Michael Niemi in 1994. Click here to see it!
Fundraising Effort for Geology Field Studies Scholarship Fund: We are trying to ease the financial burden for geology majors who wish to attend field studies classes. We have not yet opened a combination rock shop - car wash, but we may have bake sales and rummage sales. Contact us for information about tax deductible contributions to the fund.
For details on the mining history and geology of the Mother Lode, click here
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