News Release
ESCC Campus
Cerro Coso Offers Geology this Fall...Rockin' the Eastern Sierra
August 18, 2008
The Cerro Coso Community College Geology Department is offering the following field
trip class starting from the Bishop Campus on September 6 and 7, 2008.
Fall semester classes begin Monday, August 25.
Students can register online or at the Bishop Campus for Physical
Science103, Fire and Ice: Geology of the Eastern Sierra. This is a 1
unit class meeting on September 6 and 7, 2008. The spectacular mountain
scenery of the Eastern Sierra has some of the youngest volcanoes and
glaciers in North America. On this field trip students will look at the
geologic field evidence for the cataclysmic volcanic eruption that created
the Long Valley Caldera, rearranged much of the landscape in the Eastern
Sierra, and initiated a period of active volcanism that continues today. "We
will also look at evidence for equally cataclysmic and geologically recent
climate change" stated Dr. Dave Miller, instructor for the class. Stops on
the trip will include Bishop Creek, Owens Gorge, Convict Lake, Hot Creek,
and the Saddlebag Lake area of Tioga Pass. For more information contact the
Bishop Campus at 4090 W. Line St, 872-1565.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Clark, Director of Public Information (760)
384-6230