Building 1  /  Building 2  /  Flagpole Area  /  Building 3  /  Building 15  /  Building 16  /  Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans  /  Earthquake Country

Building 1 Exhibits
Building 1 hallways		USGS Mineral and Fossil Collections		Gretchen Luepke Bynum
Building 1 hallways		Diving into the Deep - Hydrothermal Vents		Carol Reiss
Building 1 hallways		Hidden Worlds of Coastal and Marine Geology		USGS Employees
Building 1 hallways		Serpentinite; California's state rock		Phil Stoffer
Building 1 hallways		Cephalopods of the Western Interior Seaway		Phil Stoffer
Building 1 hallways		Florida Fossils		Phil Stoffer
Building 1 hallways		Early Mapping of the San Francisco peninsula and Menlo Park Area		Leslie Gordon and Liz Colvard
Building 1 hallways		Evolution of the USGS Menlo Park campus -an aerial photographic tour		Leslie Gordon
Building 1 hallways		"USGS Employees at Work" photography contest winners		USGS Employees
Building 1 Room 1103		Puget Sound in 3D		David Finlayson, Eric Grossman, Jon Warrick
Building 1 Room 1111		Flythrough of San Andreas Fault System		Ray Sliter, Holly Ryan, Pete Dartnell
Building 1 Room 1127		Flythrough of San Francisco Bay Bathymetry		Pete Dartnell
Building 1 Room 1129		See the San Francisco Bay Floor		Florence Wong, Don Woodrow, John Chin, Pete Dartnell
Building 1 Room 1129		San Francisco Bay since the California Gold Rush -- Changes in Bathymetry and Sedimentation Trends		Amy Foxgrover
Building 1 Room 1129		Under the Golden Gate Bridge -- Massive sand waves and complex bathymetry at the mouth of San Francisco Bay (Ocean Beach web cam)		Patrick Barnard
Building 1, Room 1132		Welcome Aboard		Carol Reiss, Greg Gabel
Building 1 Room 1134		Dress Like a Marine Geologist		Clint Steele, Carolyn Degnan, Alex Ma
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Building 2
There are no Open House exhibits located inside building 2, but the building's first floor is open for access to restrooms and the building 2 courtyard. Many scientific posters and images can be viewed in the hallways.
Building 2 Courtyard Exhibits
Building 2 courtyard		A Tunnel Runs Through It - Finding Faults Inside the Portland Hills, Oregon		Ray Wells, Rick Blakely
Building 2 courtyard		Can You Say Tephrodendrochronology? Looking for Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, and Climate Change in Tree Rings		Elmira Wan, Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki, Dave Wahl, Janet Slate
Building 2 courtyard		Landslide and Debris Flows - A Hands-on Demonstration		Phil Stoffer, Kevin Schmidt, Jonathan Stock
Building 2 courtyard		Marine Geology and Rockfish Habitat Offshore San Juan Island, Washington		Janet Tilden, Rick Blakely, Sam Johnson, Gary Greene
Building 2 courtyard		Mercury and Arsenic from Mines and Fish; How concerned do you need to be?		James Rytuba
Building 2 courtyard		Mineral Deposits in the San Francisco Bay Area		Dan L. Mosier
Building 2 courtyard		Using Geophysics to Explore the World Below		Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park
Building 2 courtyard		Vents in the City - The Volcanoes of Portland, Oregon		Russ Evarts, Bob Fleck, Jon Hagstrum, Alison Duvall
Building 2 courtyard		Why did Santa Rosa, California fall down in 1906?		Vicki Langenheim, Darcy McPhee, Stephen Hartzell, Bob McLaughlin, Bob Jachens, Carter Roberts, Craig McCabe
Building 2 courtyard		What's Shaking in the Puget Sound? - The search for active faults in a glaciated region		Rick Blakely, Ray Wells, and Brian Sherrod
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Flagpole Area Exhibits
Flagpole circle		Gold Panning, sponsored by the California Geological Survey (CGS)		Robert Oscarson (USGS) and California Geological Survey staff
Flagpole circle		Book sales and author signing		Sean Stone, Luna Shields, Kepler's Books & Magazines
Flagpole circle		Menlo Park Police Department		Menlo Park Police Department
Flagpole circle		Menlo Park Fire District		Menlo Park Fire District
Flagpole circle		First Aid, Lost and Found		Menlo Park Fire District
Flagpole circle		Federal Protective Service		Federal Protective Service
Flagpole circle		Ask-A-Scientist		USGS staff
Between buildings 1 and 2		Mercury Cycling in San Francisco Bay - How Microbes and Plants Influence Uptake into Wildlife		Lisamarie Windham, Mark Marvin-Dipasquale
Flagpole circle (in front of credit union)		Souvenir Sales sponsored by GeoKids Daycare		Suzanne Hecker, Jake Lowenstern
Flagpole circle, B3 front lawn		Historical Field Camp		Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
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Building 3 Exhibits
Building 3, floor 1, hallway		USGS photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake		Liz Colvard
Building 3, floor 1, Visitor Center		Computer Simulations of the 1989 Loma Prieta and 1906 San Francisco Earthquake		Brad Aagaard
Building 3, floor 1, Visitor Center		A Virtual Tour of Earthquake Country		Luke Blair, Marco Ticci, Heather Lackey, Scott Haefner
Building 3, floor 1		GIS Assessment of Natural Hazards in Santa Clara County		Richard Rapacchietta (Santa Clara County ISD Information Resources Planning & Management Services)
Building 3, floor 1, room 3-121		Map and Publication Sales (California Geological Survey and USGS)		Richard Adrianowicz, Anne Rosinski, George Saucedo, Keith Knudsen, Jackie Bott
Building 3, floor 1		California Geological Survey - Programs and Products		CGS staff
Building 3, floor 1, room 3-124		American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Information		Bob Vitales and staff
Building 3, floor 1, room 3-124		Orthophoto Imagery & Stereoscopic 3-D display		Bob Vitales and staff
Building 3, Room 3-124		Publishing Scientific Literature on the Web		Michael Diggles
Building 3, floor 1, room 3-144		San Francisquito Creek Watershed Floods, Earthquakes, and Levee Breaks: a story of community		Alicia Torregrosa and community collaborators: Pam Sturner, Katie Pilat, Trish Mulvey (Acterra); Marti LaPorte (Stanford University); Phillipe Cohen (Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve); Cynthia D'Agosta (JPA); Phil Bobel (City of Palo Alto)
Building 3, floor 2, hallway		Earth as Art Exhibit		Liz Colvard, Mitch Adelson, Gloria Kirton
Building 3, floor 2 hallway		31st Annual USGS National Photographic Competition winners		USGS Employees
Building 3, floor 2, room 3-240 (auditorium)		Video Theater		Sam Arriola
Building 3, floor 2, room 3-250		Topo BINGO!		Amy Mathie, Melody Falepouono, Lori Dinitz
Building 3, floor 2, room 3-235		Geowall: 3-D Geologic Mapping in the Bay Area		Geoffrey Phelps
Building 3, floor 2, room 3-237		Visualizing Natural Disasters with Geospatial Data		Rachel Sleeter
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Building 15 Exhibits
Building 15, library		Rocks and Fossils of the Bay Area		Phil Stoffer
Building 15, by access ramp in front of library		Geo-Cache for Treasure Meet at the base of the handicapped access ramp in front of the library in building 15. A 5-10 minute presentation on GPS basics will be followed by a USGS staff-led treasure hunt using GPS. A small number of GPS receivers will be provided, or bring your own!		Science Information and Library Services: Mitch Adelson, Diane Garcia, Rick Champion, Gloria Kirton, Christy Ryan, Terry Carr, Mike Moore, Diane Garcia, Sharon sachse, Susie Bravos, Jon Debord, Lorrie Gallagher, Diana Hisey, Tammy Huang, Anna Tellez, Joe Langdon, Tully Simoni
Building 15, Library		Got Information? An Introduction to Science Information and Library Services (SILS). This exhibit will introduce the public to the SILS office. Representatives will be on-hand to describe what we do - the types of services we provide and the products available (in-person and online).		Science Information and Library Services:Christy Ryan, Diane Garcia, Mitch Adelson, Gloria Kirton, Terry Carr, Sharon Sachse, Susie Bravos, Jon Debord, Lorrie Gallagher, Mike Moore, Diana Hisey, Tammy Huang, Anna Tellez, Joseph Langdon, Jean Shea
Building 15, Library		See the Earth Look through stereo glasses at aerial photography of volcanoes, glaciers and much more. You will think you are actually there. Plus, find where you live by looking at online aerial photography. Watch a slide show that describes the Menlo Park historical air photo collection.		Science Information and Library Services: Gerry Greenburg, Terry Carr, Mike Moore. (Mitch Adelson, Gloria Kirton, Christy Ryan, Diane Garcia, Sharon Sachse, Susie Bravos, Jon Debord, Lorrie Gallagher, Diana Hisey, Tammy Huang, Anna Tellez, Joseph Langdon, Jean Shea)
Building 15, Library		Foreign Scientific Mystical Tour As a scientific library we have some very unique and interesting foreign publications. COME TAKE A PEEK! ! !		Science Information and Library Services: Sharon Sachse, Susie Bravos, Jon Debord, Lorrie Gallagher, Diane Garcia, Tammy Huang, Joe Langdon, Mike Moore, Diana Hisey, Jean Shea, Anna Tellez, Diane Garcia, Mitch Adelson, Terry Carr, Liz Colvard, Gloria Kirton, Christy Ryan
Building 15, upper courtyard		Research Vessels on San Francisco Bay		Byron Richards, Francis Parchaso, Scott Conard
Building 15, upper courtyard		How do we collect water, mud, and clams from the bottom of San Francisco Bay?		Cindy Brown, Jessica Dyke, Allison Lorenzi, Francis Parchaso
Building 15, upper courtyard		Water sampling truck and Ground Water Model		Joe Domagalski
Building 15, floor 1		Permafrost in Alaskan Soils and the Impacts of Climate Change		Mark Waldrop
Building 15, floor 1, outside room 1244		You are What You Eat		Carol Kendall, Steven Silva, Cecily Chang, Bob Michel, Doug Choy, Mark Rollog, Scott Wankel, Dan Doctor, Emily Elliott
Building 15, floor 1, south courtyard		Water Flow in Soils		Kim Perkins, Dave Stonestrom, John Nimmo, Jorie Schultz, Fred Murphy, Kathy Akstin, John Fitzpatrick
Building 15, floor 1		See the "zoo" of microbes in a termite's gut and learn how they relate to USGS studies of ground water contaminants		Barbara Bekins, Andrea Foster
Building 15, floor 1		Adventures in Geochemistry		Bob Rosenbauer, Tom Lorenson, Fran Hostettler, Keith Kvenvolden, Jen Dougherty
Building 15, floor 2		Aquatic insects reveal the "health" of streams		Michelle Hornberger, Dan Cain, Steve Fend
Building 15, floor 2		The Hard Life of a Tough Microbe		Ron Oremland and staff
Building 15, floor 2, across from room 2018		Do Plankton Rule the World?		Tara Schraga, Kate Dallas, Lisa Lucas, Nancy Monsen, Jim Cloern
Building 15, floor 2, outside room 2021		How Clean is Clean?		Brent Topping, Jim Kuwabara
Building 15, floor 2, Room 2011		Critters from the Bay		Jan Thompson, Frances Parchaso, Raul CervantesJan Thompson, Frances Parchaso, Raul Cervantes
Building 15, floor 2, Room 2011		Microscopic Invaders of San Francisco Bay		Mary McGann
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Building 16 Exhibits
Building 16		Secrets in Stone: The Paleomagnetism Lab		Duane Champion
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Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans Exhibits (tent area)
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Ripples and Dunes		Carissa Carter, Dave Rubin, Li Erikson
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) -- Use laser light bounced off surfaces to create a 3D image of a person or object		Diane Minasian, Brian Collins, Rob Kayen, Brad Carkin
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Visualizing Tsunamis		Eric Geist
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Basalts from the Gorda Ridge, a Rock-Give-Away!		Terry Bruns
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Visiting Augustine: Learn about the recent eruption of Augustine, how a FLIR helps us study it, and what the rocks look like		Jon Dehn, John Bailey, Jennifer Adelman, AVO staff, and Dina Venezky
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Observing Kilauea: Imagine you're the observer who writes the volcano updates every day		Don Swanson, Christina Heliker, Joel Robinson, and Dina Venezky
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Monitoring Long Valley: Learn how we monitor seismicity, ground deformation, and gas emission at one of our nearby volcanoes		Dave Hill, Maggie Mangan, and Dina Venezky
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Watching Mount St. Helens: Compare images of the dome growth from the recent eruption and rock samples from previous eruptions		Dina Venezky, Volcano Hazards Program staff
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Flying over Yellowstone: See the balloon and how aerial photography is used to study the hydrothermal features		Brita Graham-Wall and Jake Lowenstern
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Volcanology in the 1600's: The Underground World of Athanasius Kircher		Leslie Gordon and Dina Venezky; images from Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Turbidity Flows in Monterey Submarine Canyon		Kurt Rosenberger, Andrew Stevens
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Topo Salad Trays—3D Topographic Models		Laura Torresan
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		NOAA: Ongoing Impacts of DDT Contamination in the Southern California Marine Environment		NOAA employees Greg Baker and Milena Viljoen
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Where do I find a volcano and What's erupting this week?		John Bailey and Dina Venezky
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami		Guy Gelfenbaum, Andrew Stevens
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Landslide-Induced Tsunamis		Homa Lee, Lori Hibbeler
Volcanoes, Coasts and Oceans tent		Sea Otters		Alisha Kage, Mike Kenner, Gena Bentall, Bridget Cummings, Michelle Staedler, and Erin Dodd
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Earthquake Country Exhibits (tent area)
Earthquake Country tent		Pipelines, Faults, and Quakes		Janice Murphy
Earthquake Country tent		Make Your Own Earthquake!		Chris Dietel
Earthquake Country tent		Earthquake-induced Liquefaction		Tom Holzer, John Tinsley, Mike Bennett, Tom Noce, Coyn Criley
Earthquake Country tent		Capturing San Francisco		Scott Haefner
Earthquake Country tent		The National Archives and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire		Daniel Nealand
Earthquake Country tent		How GPS is Used to Measure Deformation of the Earth's Crust Near Faults and Volcanoes		Jessica Murray, Jerry Svarc, Gary Hamilton, Karen Wendt, Chuck Stiffler, Jim Sutton
Earthquake Country tent		Fossils in a Fault Zone?		Diane Moore
Earthquake Country tent		Earthquake studies at Parkfield, California; results from the 2004 earthquake		John Langbein, Jessica Murray, Steve Hickman, and others
Earthquake Country tent		"Good shakes"--Earthquake Ride		John R. Evans
Earthquake Country tent		Real-Time Seismograph Display		Mark Goldman
Earthquake Country tent		Deep Drilling for Earthquakes and Geothermal Energy		Joe Svitek and Steve Hickman
Earthquake Country tent		“Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country”		Susan Garcia
Earthquake Country tent		Living on An Active Plate Boundary		Luke Blair and Marco Ticci
Earthquake Country tent		Large Quakes in the Bay Area		Steve Walter
Earthquake Country tent		Threat of Future Quakes		Working Group 2002
Earthquake Country tent		Simulations For A Repeat of the 1906 Earthquake		Brad Aagaard
Earthquake Country tent		How Much Did Your Neighborhood Shake in 1906?		Jack Boatwright
Earthquake Country tent		New Fault Maps Reveal Geologic Hazards		Russ Graymer
Earthquake Country tent		How Close To A Fault Do You Live?		Steve Walter
Earthquake Country tent		The Northern San Andreas Fault: 100 Years of Study		Carol Prentice
Earthquake Country tent		Paleoseismology: Digging for Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault		Tom Fumal
Earthquake Country tent		A Virtual Tour of the Hayward Fault		Jim Lienkaemper
Earthquake Country tent		Face-to-Face with the Hayward Fault in Fremont, CA		Heidi Stenner
Earthquake Country tent		Create A Plate Tectonic Puzzle		Earthquake Hazards Team
Earthquake Country tent		“Brick and Sandpaper” Earthquake Machine		Earthquake Hazards Team
Earthquake Country tent		Loma Prieta Was Not The Big One!		Earthquake Hazards Team
Earthquake Country tent		Earthquakes Cause Other Hazards—Strong Shaking, Surface Rupture, Liquefaction, Earthquake Induced Landslides and Fires.		Earthquake Hazards Team
Earthquake Country tent		Stress Buildup in the Crust of the San Francisco Bay Area		Fred Pollitz
Earthquake Country tent		San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services		San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services staff
Earthquake Country tent		San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)		John Langbein, Jessica Murray, Steve Hickman
Earthquake Country tent		FEMA (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)		FEMA staff
Earthquake Country tent		California Earthquake Authority		California Earthquake Authority staff
Earthquake Country tent		PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company)		PG&E staff
Earthquake Country tent		Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC)		SEAONC staff
Earthquake Country tent		What Should I Do to Prepare - Step 1		Brian Lowe, QuakeHold!/Trevco
Earthquake Country tent		Prepare Bay Area American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter		Harold Brooks, Amber DiPietra and others
Earthquake Country tent		Seismic Stations in the Field		David Croker and Dave Reneau
Earthquake Country tent		San Francisco in Ruins		California Historical Society
Earthquake Country tent		Northern California Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute		Ivan Wong and others (EERI)
Earthquake Country tent		Portable Water Solution for Extreme Situations		Todd Pope (PRISMedical)
Earthquake Country tent		California Seismic Hazard Zones		Anne Rosinski, George Saucedo and Keith Knudsen (California Geological Survey)
Earthquake Country tent		SEAONC (Structural Engineers Association of Northern California) Celebrates Earthquake Safety		SEAONC staff
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