Comments on: Lower Piedmont Park walk (#28) http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Willats http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3260 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:37:42 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3260 I teach environmental science at Piedmont High School, directly adjacent to the park. Unfortunately, we don’t have a geology class, but I wonder if you have some more specific suggestions for examples of the formations you discuss, such as the two boulders. Also, geology is not my strong suit – any suggestions for an East Bay specific reference book or another website? Thanks!

[Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region by UC Press is an excellent, inexpensive guidebook with a decent introduction to the basics of the science.

The only website on East Bay geology, or Bay area geology for that matter, is this one. —Andrew]

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3182 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:33:32 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3182 Thanks for that info, Kathy! I must poke around there some more.

]]> By: Kathy Yam http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3180 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:56:42 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3180 I found the spot with the boulders this morning with the help of some friends. Slickensides and all! Now it is obvious. We don’t usually approach the boulders from that direction.

]]> By: Kathy Yam http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3179 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:37:31 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3179 Where is the photo of the two boulders with the slickensides and minerology and path between them? I walk in Piedmont Park most every morning and I don’t recognize that spot. I am curious. Also, there are several sulphur springs in Piedmont Park. Most notably next to the path under the big Eucalyptus tree at the fork in the road. It has been running pretty well this summer. Sometimes it is very stinky and other days it is not. There is black H2S silt in the spring. Another sulphur spring is under the patio behind the Community Center.

]]> By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3160 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:04:38 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3160 It’s just under 2 miles. I recommend that you buy the book if you like walks like this. My versions of these hikes focus on the geology, but the book is about historical and cultural sights—and paths and stairs, of course. The book has detailed directions that I don’t include here.

]]> By: Ann Wilkins http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/lower-piedmont-park-walk-28/#comment-3159 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:27:45 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=1415#comment-3159 Hi Andrew, About how long is this walk i.e. 3 miles and a little over an hour? Longer? Shorter? Would be interested in taking the walk.

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