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Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada:
Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera
Indiana University Geological Sciences G188
Collins Living-Learning Center L130

News from the Field!
Photographs from the Summer 2012 expedition to the Sierra Nevada
WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING! CHECK OUT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THIS YEAR'S EXPEDITION!

Link to Picasa site with photographic log from our trip

DAILY PHOTOGRAPHIC LOGS

Stay tuned!

Day 1: Las Vegas to Death Valley
Day 2: Death Valley to Big Pine
Day 3: White Mountains/Bristlecone Pine Preserve
Day 4: Bishop Tuff and the Owens Valley Gorge
Day 5: Long Valley Caldera: Lookout Mountain, Obsidian Dome, Glass Creek Dome, Inyo Craters
Day 6: Earthquake Fault, Horseshoe Lake Tree Kill, McLeod Lake, Inyo Craters
Day 7: The Sierra Front: the Hilton Creek Fault and McGee Creek
Day 8: Mono Basin Volcanism: Panum Crater and Black Point fissures
Day 9: Geothermal Energy and Bodie Gold Mining town
Day 10: Mono lake, water diversions and engineering
Day 11: Recreation Day!!
Day 12: Stream guage experiment & Hydrothermal processes

Take a look at photographs from previous Sierra Adventures:
2010 Sierra trip
2009 Sierra trip
2008 Sierra trip
2007 Sierra trip
2006 Sierra trip
2005 Sierra trip
2004 Sierra trip
2003 Sierra trip
2002 Sierra trip
"Mount Whitney Massif" Courtesy of Sam Roberts Photography