Cordilleran Section - 121st Annual Meeting - 2025

Session No. 13
Wednesday, 2 April 2025: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
El Dorado (Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown - Arena)

T22. Urban Estuary: Lake Merritt, Jewel of Oakland

Northern California Geological Society; Rotary Nature Center Friends (Oakland)

 

Jere Lipps and Andrew Alden, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
LAKE MERRITT: A TIDAL SLOUGH OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY FOREVER LINKED HYDROLOGICALLY AND BIOLOGICALLY
MCGANN, Mary, US Geological Survey, PCMSC, MS 999, 350 N. Akron Road, Moffett Field, CA 94035
1:55 PM
GEOLOGIC SETTING OF LAKE MERRITT, THE EAST BAY'S STRANGE ATTRACTION
ALDEN, Andrew, Northern California Geological Society, 1951 Telegraph Ave Apt 306, Oakland, CA 94612
Handouts
  • Cordilleran GSA Talk.docx (21.6 kB)
  • Geologic Setting of Lake Merritt.pdf (14.1 MB)
  • 2:15 PM
    THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF LAKE MERRITT, OAKLAND
    LIPPS, Jere, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
    2:35 PM
    LESSONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT FROM A 10-YEAR INVESTIGATION OF A SMALL OAKLAND WATERSHED-LAKE PAIR
    FAUL, Kristina, Environmental Sciences/Chemistry, Mills College at Northeastern University, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613, RADEMACHER, Laura K., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211 and RAMOS, MariaElena, Environmental Sciences Program/Chemistry Department, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
    2:55 PM
    LAKE MERRITT: URBAN MODEL FOR CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
    COVEL, James F., 1775 Eucalyptus Avenue, Seaside, CA 93955
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