Episode 8: Mt. Tamalpais Notes

In this episode I talk about the strange formation of the serpentinite rock on one of the most quintessential bay area locations, the top of Mt. Tamalpais

My Photos

https://imgur.com/gallery/9uXg6Rb

Mountain Project links to climbs mentioned in the episode

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106874087/east-face -Route containing awesome slickenside

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/117564592/sun-slab-center - 5-10 with hard sloper

Sources used in the episode

https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471 - mt tam facts

https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/nature/serpentinite.htm - serpentinite facts

https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/education/serpentinite-faq.htm -  more detail on serpentinnite

https://www.kqed.org/quest/13980/geological-outings-around-the-bay-marin-headlands - geology of marin headlands

https://www.sandatlas.org/serpentinite/#:~:text=Serpentinite%20is%20a%20metamorphic%20rock,pyroxene%20(peridotite%2C%20pyroxenite). 

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry45.html

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532020000100002  

http://www.jsjgeology.net/Serpentinite.htm 

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/calandscape/session3/franciscan2.html