We are a group of graduate students from the Department of Geology at University of California, Davis. We undertook a course-based project with the purpose of experiencing a wide range of instrumental techniques used in geological investigations. Field work as well as follow-up laboratory work and data analysis were included in our techniques. The field area was chosen so that the samples would facilitate analysis from several varied techniques.

Field work was conducted on September 29th, 2004. At this time, we collected both rock and water samples from The Cedars, Sonoma County and our research was hence based on examining the active travertine springs in The Cedars.

Acknowledgements:

Roger Raiche, Dave McCrory - landowners
Susan Harrison - our field guide

(from UCD Geology)

Special thanks to:
Janice Fong - website construction
Norm Winter - sample preparation

Dawn Sumner
Ken Verosub
Lara Heister
Michelle Gras
Jim Rustad
Qing-zhu Yin
Dave Winter
Martin Wilding
Ryoji Shiraki
Isabel Montañez
Charles Lesher

Peter Green - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mike Dunlap - Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Randy Dahlgren - Land, Air and Water Resources