Dr Allen Gontz is moving to Clarkson University in July 2021. This site will no longer be maintained. A new Clarkson University site is pending.
Mike Levenson and a crew from Slippery Rock University use the MALA GX-450 to investigate stabilized and vegetated dunes in the White River Badlands, SD
William Buckely and Faith Burkhardt use the Emlid Reach RS2 RTK-GPR to record the position of a ground control point along the southern San Andreas
SDSU team using 450 MHz GPR to image the Rose Canyon Fault, Old Town San Diego
Our DJI Phantom 4 Professional UAV returns to take off point after surveying the southern San Andreas Fault near Durmid Hills
Dr Tom Rockwell collecting Ground Control Points along the southern San Andreas Fault using our Emlid Reach RS2 RTK-GPS system
The former breakwater for Bombay Beach, now on dry land due to lake level lowering at the Salton Sea
Baked desert earth
Small stream showing headward erosion via a nick point due to uplift on the southern San Andreas Fault (the fault is roughly located at the bush)
High resolution MALA 160 MHz GPR from the Cooloola Sand Patch showing ~25 m of climbing ripple cross stratification beneath the active sand patch. Ripples have amplitudes from ~1 to 4 m.
A typical commute back from the field. The team returning from a UAV survey of the Southern San Andreas Fault near Bombay Beach, CA