1. Sara Huckabey

2. In this section….
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In this part of the project we will be looking at a fault, a few
weathering processes, mass wasting, erosional events, and
different types of sedimentary environments. The last slide will
show practical use of geology in the location that I am living in
now. Enjoy!

3. What is a fault
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 The definition of a fault is a break in a rock mass
along which movement has occurred. The most
famous or well known fault is the San Andreas Fault
in California. Not all faults are as big as this one is
though. I was not able to get my own pictures of the
fault that I found interesting so the next slides are
not my pictures, but it is still some very interesting
pictures and information.

4. In 1952 there was a 7.7
magnitude earth quake near
Bakersfield, Ca. It created the
White Wolf fault which starts
near Laval road exit on the I-5.
It stretches about 34 miles long.
This type of fault is a high
angle reverse fault.
The picture to the left is near
bear mountain and is a
vertical fracture along the
fault. The second picture is of
down town Bakersfield. This
damage was due to an
aftershock almost a month
after the original earthquake.

5. Weathering Process
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 Weathering is the physical breakdown and chemical
alteration of rock at or near Earth’s surface. This is a
very important process in Earth’s system. It is very
important to us because a lot of the food we eat was
freed by the weathering process. The next slide will
show two different weathering processes. The first
picture of the mountain side is the process of frost
wedging. The second picture will be

6. The top picture is of
mechanical weathering. The
specific type is Frost
Wedging. This picture was
taken when I was traveling
the grapevine last winter.
The bottom picture is a picture
of oxidation. Oxidation is a
chemical reaction that occurs
when electrons are lost from
one element during the
reaction.

7. Mass Wasting and
Erosional Events
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 Mass wasting is the transfer of rock and soil
downslope under the influence of gravity.
 Erosion is the physical removal of material by mobile
agents such as water, wind or ice.
This is a picture of mass
wasting again I got this picture
on the grapevine. You can tell
by the photo that pressure has
made some downward slopes
overtime on this hill side.

8. Sedimentary environments
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 There are three different types of Sedimentary
environments.
 Continental which are dominated by the erosion and
deposition associated with streams.
 Marine which is divided into shallow marine and
deep marine.
 Then there is Transitional which would be the
shoreline.

9. This would be a This would be a This last picture
transitional continental would be of a marine
sedimentary sedimentary sedimentary
environment. The environment. They environment. I
location of this are mostly believe it would be a
picture is the dominated by shallow marine
shoreline of Santa streams, which is environment at that.
Monica. In the what you are looking This picture was
picture you see the at. taken at Morro Bay.
Santa Monica Pier.
Yes I do love the
beach.

10. http://blog.photolalia.net/2008/06/east-of-oildale.html
Practical use of Geology: Bakersfield
This picture I didn’t take but it is of the abundant oil fields in Bakersfield. I took the
picture at night because it is so beautiful then, but it didn’t come out very nice. This
is a practical use of geology because oil fields are very important to how we live
today. The equipment being used is taking oil from the earth so that we can use it in
our everyday lives.

11. Tarbuck, Edward, and Lutgens, Frederick. Earth: An
introduction to Physical Geology. Tenth edition.
The White Wolf Fault
http://www.sjvgeology.org/geology/bakersfield_eart
hquake.html