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This investigation will help you to:
Examine the geologic map of California.
- Geologic Map of California in PDF format.
- Geologic Map of California.
- Geologic Map of California.
- Geologic Map of California. Note, key needs to be referenced from another page to understand map.
What information can be learned by looking at the geologic evidence in California?
- Fact sheets that describe California’s geomorphic provinces, volcanic rocks, volcanic fields, and volcanic cones. Note: the information on this site is one long information page and needs to be broken into separate fact sheets.
- Chart listing the recognized products of recent eruptions of major volcanic centers in California.
Design a creative way to include geologic evidence about past eruptions from volcanoes in California.
- Fact sheets that describe California’s geomorphic provinces, volcanic rocks, volcanic fields, and volcanic cones. Note: the information on this site is one long information page and needs to be broken into separate fact sheets.
- Chart listing the recognized products of recent eruptions of major volcanic centers in California.
Visit the Volcano World website.
Igneous Rocks Slide Show, East Carolina University
View a slide show about igneous rocks.
Rocks and Minerals Lesson, Volcano World
Micro-textures of Volcanic Rocks, University of North Carolina
Look through a microscope at some thin sections of volcanic rocks.