California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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DEPARTMENTS I DR. JOHN P. BUWALDA The Department of Ge Within convenient reach of Pasadena occurs an almost unrivaled variety of rock types, geo- logic structures, and physiographic forms. Stratigraphic and faunal studies may be pur- sued in the Cenozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Southern Coast Ranges, and in the Mojave Desert Region. There remain many regions to be explored and, also, there are many problems inviting critical investigation. To those interested in economic geology the oil fields, Portland cement plants, and the various metal- liierous and gem producing regions of Califor- ol ogy and Paleontology nia, Arizona, and Nevada offer excellent oppor- tunities for visit and research. A fully equipped Seismological Research Laboratory, situated on the west side of the Arroyo Seco, is devoted to researches in seismo- logy and to the development of the instruments used in a seismological laboratory. Collections from many invertebrate and ver- tebrate faunal horizons in the sedimentary record of western North America permit the student interested in paleontology to secure an intimate knowledge of the history of life. 2.0, . , 655, 4g:w ,y,,,,,,-1 f' ,C -M ' f f f' W 'VW' ,wa , -' , 'p ff C I f firf .- f x 1 f f' ' - ,f if W' ' x W V f f f 1 ' ' 1 ffjef X. X ,U , Vx ff. Wf,,,,yf47144wf4 H iw, j K A H ff lfwiwfwzfywf 'ef' Twenty-two ' ' Z' ,.,. -1. 47. ..! f ff', -1- , U -' fwnf' M4 f ,W fy. ff, f, ZW ,fQ,j4,,,,Q!f,.

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