SCIENCE MATH TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Professor Richard Lambert Contact Information Current Courses Field Trip Schedules Unauthorized Biography Geology Organizations Online Activities Virtual Time Travel Geology Movie Reviews The Great Lamberto Environmental Study   Geology Department Contact Information Office: Building 7, Room 325 Office Hours: MW 11-12, TTh 9 Phone: 650 738-4162 Fax: 650 738-4299 E-mail: lambert@smcccd.cc.ca.us Current Courses Semester Course Course Title Description Units Fall/Spr Geol 100 Survey of Geology Basic principles of geology explored 3 Fall 1999 Geol 180 Geology of California Focus on California's dynamic landscape 3 Fall/Spr Geol 210 General Geology Physical geology with laboratory 4 Spr 2001 Geol 220 Historical Geology Focus on fossils and time 4 Fall/Spr Geol 611 Field Geology Geology in the great outdoors 1 Tentative Fall Field Geology Schedule for 1999   DATE LOCATION MEETING PLACE TIME SEP SWEENEY RIDGE TRAIL HIKE Skyline College far west parking lot overlooking the ocean, right on the skyline ridge trail. Prepare to walk. Noon OCT SAN ANDREAS FAULT TRIP Skyline College far west parking lot overlooking the ocean, right on the skyline ridge trail. Prepare to drive. 10:00 NOV SAN MATEO COASTLINE Pescadero State Beach parking lot at Highway 1 and Pescadero Road, just past the Pescadero marsh. Noon NOV POINT LOBOS STATE PARK Entrance station to Point Lobos Reserve along Highway 1, 2 miles south of Carmel. 10:00 NOV GEOLOGIC HAZARDS HIKE Chit Chat Cafe at the end of Manor Drive in Pacifica (Across from the Post Office) Noon DEC MONTARA STATE BEACH Chart House Restaurant parking lot at Montara State Beach along Highway 1, just south of Devil's Slide. 10:00 Prof. Lambert and the first Geology Field Class  "WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LAMBERT'S SPRING TRIP GOING?" Unauthorized Biography (In reverse geological order) Richard Lambert is the Huttonian Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Skyline College. He received his M.S. in Environmental Earth Science from Stanford University in 1974, and a degree in Geology from San Francisco State University in 1971. Mr. Lambert moved to the Pacific Tectonic Plate when he arrived at Skyline in 1975 after beginning his teaching career in 1973 as an adjunct professor at S. F. State, on the North American Plate. Lambert's precise origins are lost in the mists of geologic time, although fossil evidence suggests that, like the North American Plate, he drifted west. He began his interest in science in the scenic limestone landscape of northwestern New Jersey, near the intersection of the Delaware Water Gap and the terminal moraine of the great Pleistocene ice sheet. Geological Organizations Geological Society of America National Association of Geoscience Teachers Seismological Society of America   Online Activities  FINDING FAULTS FROM "AFAR" The Red Sea, an ocean in the early stage of development, is forming along a major rift in the earth's crust which can be seen from space. Press the above picture for a closer view of the outlined area, a triple junction near Djibouti, Africa. HOW EARTHQUAKE SAFE ARE YOU? WHAT YOU MUST KNOW TO PROTECT - YOUR LIFE YOUR HOME YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area live directly on the active boundary zone between two major tectonic plates which carry the earth's crust. The San Andreas Fault System, including the Hayward, Calaveras, and San Gregorio branches, produce the landscapes as well as the many earthquakes which make this area an exciting place to live. Press on the picture at the left to take a simulated flight along the San Andreas from near Stanford University to Skyline College. See one of the many connections between these two great institutions of higher learning. TAKE A VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME   PRESS ANY ACTIVE SITE BELOW! <WARNING> DO NOT MAKE ANY IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE TIME FABRIC   YOSEMITE VALLEY 1872 POMPEII 79A.D. SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1906  PRESS THE MARQUEE FOR A REVIEW OF A RECENT FILM OR VIDEO WITH A GEOLOGIC THEME OR WITH SIGNIFICANT EARTH SCIENCE CONNECTIONS.