Invitation to AWG Northern California San Andreas Fault Geology Field Trip

Join the Association for Women Geoscientists for a week-long field study of the remarkable geology along the North Coast of California from San Francisco to Mendocino. We will meet at Union Square in San Francisco on September 10th at 1:00 pm and end with a drop off at the San Francisco International Airport around 2:00pm on September 17th. We will stay four nights at the Marin Headlands Hostel Annex and three nights at the Mendocino College Coastal Field Station in Point Arena. Transportation is by coach and driver.

The San Francisco Bay Area, wave cut platforms, rocky headlands and sea stacks, uplifted terraces, crashing waves, and wide sandy beaches are your outdoor classroom as your discover how the collision of ocean and land has shaped the region. There are numerous field stops and short hikes in the San Francisco Bay Area, Point Reyes, and the Sonoma and Mendocino Coast. Topics for discussion include the San Andreas Fault, coastal processes, Franciscan and Gualala Block rocks, folds and faults, plate tectonics, and California geologic history.

The trip cost is $1,900 per person ($1,840 for Williams GeoAdventures services and a $60 AWG trip registration fee). Trip participants must be current AWG members and are required to register first with AWG and pay the AWG registration fee. The trip cost includes the geology field trip and guiding services and geologic field guide, transport by coach and driver, accommodations for seven nights at the Marin Headlands Hostel and the Mendocino College Coastal Field Station, and the welcoming dinner in Sausilito. Not included in the trip cost is transportation to and from San Francisco and your home, all of the other meals, travel insurance (HIGHLY REC-OMMENDED), and coach driver tip. Meals will be prepared by the group at our lodgings. Discounts are available for attendees who are willing to help coordinate the food, with student participants getting preference.

After you’ve registered with AWG, trip registration with Williams GeoAdventures will open on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 9am Pacific Time by contacting me by phone (707) 953-6979 and submitting a $500 deposit within 10 days, payable to Williams GeoAdventures, 101 Ross Street, #4, Cotati, CA 94931. The balance payment of $1,340 per person is due to Williams GeoAdventures by July 15, 2020.

Trip availability is on a first come, first served basis. The minimum number of trip participants is 16 and the maximum number is 22. Williams GeoAdventures will provide an online application and liability waiver for the trip participants to fill out in July 2020. Trip fees are non-refundable unless you and I are able to fill your space.

We are excited about sharing the beauty of the Northern California San Andreas with you. Please contact me via email or phone with any questions about this trip. I am looking forward to seeing you all on the California North Coast in September 2020!

Thomas R. Williams, Williams GeoAdventures
Email geoteachtw@earthlink.net
Telephone (707) 953-6979