1. UNLV Geology 471/671 Petroleum Geology Fieldtrip to the San Joaquin Valley and Central California Coast UNLV Geology 471/671 Petroleum Geology Fieldtrip to the San Joaquin Valley and Central California Coast Student participants: Jesse Grady, Sam Hudson, Jonathan Zybala Faculty member: Andrew Hanson T.A.: Liz Glowiak

2. Jonathan Zybala standing next to disturbed beds in the McKittrick Brea (fossil tar pit) on the west side of the San Joaquin valley.

3. Sam and Jonathan sampling oil at the Price Canyon oil seep near Pismo Beach.

4. Rainbow touching down in the San Andreas fault valley west of Maricopa

5. Slickensides (the white surfaces) exposed within the Monterey Formation near San Ardo (note hammer for scale).

6. Graduate student Sam Hudson examining the Santa Margarita Fm (a shoreface unit) at the Coalinga anticline. Note sand dollar on the face of the outcrop in front of Sam. Sand dollar

7. Jonathan, Sam, and Jesse examining outcrops of blue sandstone in the Etchegoin Fm exposed at Coalinga.

8. California poppies and lupines growing on the slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada on the east side of the San Joaquin valley.