Advanced Field at the Devil’s Punchbowl, Los Angeles, CA

San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences

2017 Geol 508 Class on the Devil’s Chair
The Geology 508 class spent Spring Break at the Devil’s Punchbowl, Los Angeles, CA.  The second of three field trips, students used the fundamentals of sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, and superposition to unravel the geologic history of the Punchbowl.  Big thanks to Rob Hawk for documenting the trip!




Crossing the South Fork of Big Rock Creek.




Getting to know the San Francisquito Fm.




Faith Moore and Mia Flores




Wasim Merchant, Tyler Henderson, Steve Mazzone, and Jimmy Pham




Great view of the Punchbowl fault.




Everyone on the Devil’s Chair.




Calib Adkins and Jen Luscombe




Holcomb Creek traverse.




Peter Suazo finding the perfect spot for an attitude.




narrow trail = one at a time




Morning group meeting




Wasim Merchant, Mia Flores, Xiomara Rosenblatt, Keith Kastama, Faith Moore, Luke Johnson, and Steve Mazzone




Where’s Caleb?




Sidian the geology dog, Wasim Merchant, and Tyler Henderson




The Punchbowl Fm.




Punchbowl Canyon




Story telling around the fire.




Sketching in the fault.




the ants go marching one by one….




Punchbowl Syncline and Dave Kimbrough




Yup, it’s all rubbed in Kristan




Matt Skakun and Keith Kastama




Luke Johnson, Mia Flores, Keith Katsmama, and Xiomara Rosenblatt




Do you see Peter Suazo?






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