Comments on: Making land http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/making-land/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/making-land/#comment-1504 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:17:09 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=753#comment-1504 Don’t know how long this URL will last, but ANG newspapers covered that subject just the other day: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15548021

They have paleontologists contracted to examine the excavation for as long as the fossils last, probably until the bore hits basalt.

]]> By: Farmlady http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/making-land/#comment-1503 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:07:16 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=753#comment-1503 I just drove through the Caldecott tunnel 4 times the weekend before last and I thought about this. I wondered if anyone was looking at the dirt that was being taken out. Has anyone found anything interesting?
I was just visiting the Bay Area but I live in the foothills of the Sierras and if I had a bore dug on my property I would probably hit the Mother Lode.
Also, how safe is the old tunnel, geographically. I would hate to be in it during a major earthquake.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/making-land/#comment-1441 Tue, 25 May 2010 03:29:37 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=753#comment-1441 Levi, the local geological society would love to have a chance to visit the work site. Write to me at geology at about dot com if this looks like a possibility.

]]> By: Levi http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/making-land/#comment-1440 Tue, 25 May 2010 02:08:08 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=753#comment-1440 Hey all.I just wanted to say that I have been seeing some fresh geology at both the eastern and western portals of the Caldecott Tunnel. I am working as a filed paleontologist/geologist for the 4th bore for a month now and have been privileged enough to see first hand rocks from auger spoils 0-95 feet below ground surface! Interesting stuff!

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