2. 1. My first sample I
collected was a
igneous rock I
identified as large
Granite. Which is
located just inside the
entrance to Sequoia
National Park also
known as Tunnel Rock.
This amazing park has
been around since the
Ice Age making this
rock approximately
20,000 years old.
3. 2. My second sample
is a igneous rock I
identified as large
Granite. Which is
located in Sequoia
National Park.
Granite rocks
contain the mineral
quarts and
potassium feldspar.
My favorite rock from
all my samples.
4. 3. My third sample is
a metamorphic rock
that I picked up
from Morro Bay. This
rock contains
Marble. This rock is
very smooth and
shows signs of
metamorphism of
limestone,
composed mostly of
calcite.
5. 4. My fourth sample is an
igneous rock known as
basalt. This is the most
common type of
igneous rock found on
our planets upper crust.
This sample came
straight from my yard.
What simplified my
identification process
was that the rocks
texture was smooth
textured, had straight
fractures and dark color.
6. 5. My fifth and final
example is a
sedimentary rock that
was created through
cementation as
percolating water
coats the sediment
with mineral matter,
and gradually
cements the particles
together. This sample I
found in the beach of
Pismo.
7. 1. A fault that I
observe was the San
Andreas Fault. It runs
on the California
coast and into the
to Mexican coast.
This fault is a Strike
fault exhibit mainly
horizontal
displacement
parallel to the strike
of the fault surface.
8. 2. An example of first example of
weathering is mechanical weathering
shown in the Sequoia Park. Mechanical
weathering is accomplish by physical
forces that break rock into smaller and
smaller pieces without changing the
rocks mineral composition. My second
example is chemical weathering known
in the second picture which shows the
cave that is located in Pismo beach.
9.
10. 3. The evidence that I got of mass
wasting this stream which is located in
Sequoia Park. Where slopes became
overstepped and collapse. The
evidence for erosion that I present is the
beach of erosion. Erosion is caused by
the incorporation of the transportation of
material agent such as water.
11.
12. 4. First for my continental sedimentary
environment I have pictures of a stream
in sequoia park. Second I have the
transitional sedimentary environment of
Pismo Beach. And thirdly the marine
environment which can be found in the
sea as turbidity currents.
