DAY 4 FIELD TRIP
on the

California State University, Northridge
Department of Geological Sciences
50th ANNIVERSARY
ALUMNI REUNION AND FALL FIELD FROLIC

August 20-23, 2008


PICTURES OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ON THE FOURTH DAY

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Wagner Describes MudflowOn our way back to CSUN we stopped at the site of the Lone Pine mudflow, that had just recently occurred. Dave Wagner described for us the events leading up to and during the mudflow that destroyed several homes and the Lone Pine Fish Hatchery. The maps showed the extent of the mudflow.
Hiking Through MudflowWith Dave Wagner and Jim Stroh as our guides we hiked into the mudflow area to see for ourselves the damage that had occurred. We are hiking along the southern edge of the mudflow; the area on our left was not affected. Note the dessication cracks on the surface of the mudflow.
Mud Outside a HouseGeorge Dunne checks out how high the mud was built up on this upsteam side of a house. This is just one of several houses that became engulfed in mud.
Mud  Surrounds HouseThis is the side of the same house that was in the previous photo. The students are assessing the damage both inside and outside the house.
Mud Inside a HouseThis photo shows the mud inside one of the rooms in the house shown in the previous photo. The people that live here had very little warning and very little time to get out.
Stroh Describes MudflowWe walked upstream to what had been a stream guage. Jim Stroh (on right with map case) described for us what the stream gauge recorded prior to its being demolished.
Upper Part of MudflowLooking at the upstream portion of the mudflow and the headwater area in which it originated. Note that as the mudflow subsided, the stream eroded and re-established its old canyon.
Lunch in Lone PineOur last lunch together at a park in Lone Pine. The five in the front row, left to right, are George and Natasha Dunne, Kathie Marsaglia, Dave Liggett, and Scott Bennett.
Lunch in Lone PineAt the other end of the picnic group are Dick Heermance (seated on left), John Johnson and two of his sons (on the rock), Marilyn Hanna and Sandy Jewett (behind and to the left of the rock), and Vicki Pedone (seated on the right of the rock).

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