El Capitan Geologic Mapping Project

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Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 9, 2012 - 10:17pm PT
Thanks, Mark!
RP3

Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
Sep 26, 2012 - 07:30pm PT
The first draft is done!

If it INTRIGUES you, go to Greg Stock's presentation at Facelift tomorrow night to find out more.

If it INSPIRES you to help out (there is A LOT of fine tuning left to do) send me a message! rputnam@live.unc.edu

RP3

Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
Sep 26, 2012 - 07:46pm PT
The map is VERY detailed:


klk

Trad climber
cali
Sep 26, 2012 - 08:58pm PT
awesome.

Jingy

climber
Somewhere out there
Sep 26, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
Wow!!

That is incredibly detailed work you got goin' there..

Hoping for the best, and wish I had the equipment and could assist in this endeavor.


krahmes

Social climber
Stumptown
Jun 12, 2013 - 01:49pm PT
Well done. Not quite a tale of ten plutons but great work.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130612-yosemite-el-capitan-rock-mapped/
Peter Haan

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
Jun 12, 2013 - 10:33pm PT
Superb.
deuce4

climber
Hobart, Australia
Jun 13, 2013 - 04:04pm PT
Amazing work. Incredible combination of climbing talent, photography talent, and programming talent from various sources to make it all possible. Well done!
Dr. Christ

Mountain climber
State of Mine
Jun 13, 2013 - 04:40pm PT
EXCELLENT!
gstock

climber
Yosemite Valley
Jun 13, 2013 - 05:48pm PT
I've posted this before, but here is a quick video showing the resolution of the terrestrial LiDAR (laser scanning) data for El Capitan. The different rock types (granite, diorite, aplite dikes) are clearly visible due to their differing reflectivities.

[Click to View YouTube Video]
MisterE

Social climber
Jun 14, 2013 - 01:29am PT
Bump for a great project!
RP3

Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
Jun 14, 2013 - 01:33am PT
Love that video!
RP3

Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
Aug 6, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
Time to reactivate this beautiful thread.

After many years of work by myself, Bryan Law (Minerals), Greg Stock (gstock) and Allen Glazner (no avatar on ST, but an occasional lurker), the geologic map of El Capitan is finally completed! It made it through peer review and has been published by the Geological Society of America's Maps and Charts Series. Check out the first high-resolution map ever made of a km deep section of a pluton.

Below is a low-rez image of the map (which, in reality, is a 38"x34" poster.) Unfortunately, it is somewhat expensive for non-GSA members, so get in touch with your geologist friends, and have them pick you up a truly one-of-a-kind map at a member discount!

All hail El Capitan geology:


Thanks to the many organizations (National Geographic Waitt Society, GSA, AAC, NPS, UNC-Chapel Hill, Patagonia, Metolius, Bluewater, Maptek, xRez Studios) and climbers who have helped with this effort over the years.
Captain...or Skully

climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
Aug 7, 2014 - 04:28am PT
That is BADASS.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Aug 7, 2014 - 05:22am PT
The rockhounds rule. Crazy map of the vertical.
JohnnyG

climber
Aug 7, 2014 - 05:29am PT
Nice work!
TwistedCrank

climber
Released into general population, Idaho
Aug 7, 2014 - 06:42am PT
For the win! It's a climbing geologists dream come true. Proud.
Hudhopper

climber
Jan 15, 2015 - 11:37am PT
Not sure how many remember this, but the publisher is offering $15 off in honor of Caldwell and Jorgeson's climb. The map is now only $19. From their Facebook page:

GSA would like to honor Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's incredible ascent of El Capitan's Dawn Wall by offering $15 off our map, Geologic Map of the Southeast Face of El Capitan. This unique, vertically oriented, decimeter-resolution geologic map was accomplished by remote sensing using terrestrial LiDAR and gigapixel photography and was ground-truthed by climbing and rappelling. Visit the GSA Store (http://bit.ly/1u9H0Mr); and enter coupon code PITCH15 at checkout. ‪#‎DawnWall‬
oldgeologist

Mountain climber
Elyria, Ohio
Jul 21, 2015 - 09:18am PT
Wonderful project.

Sometime around 1956 Art Smith hiked around the rim of Yosemite and collected samples, which he sliced up and put under the petrographic microscope. They were classified, and the project was turned in to Howell Williams (petrographers will know who he was) at the University of California as a master's thesis in geology. He didn't pursue it any more, as he worked for the Bureau of Land Management, retiring out of Kingman, Arizona. I wonder if he caught any of these different formations.

By the way, my favorite portrait is me standing next to El Cap Tree. I still don't know how they got the first bolts into the overhanging wall on the rappel.
Wade Icey

Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
Jul 21, 2015 - 10:18am PT
this is a great reminder to me that Minerals is one of the most incredible humans I've been privileged to know, and what an honor it has been to to spend time in the mountains and elsewhere in his presence. I can't count the times I've jugged up to a belay raving about the 'beautiful granite.' only to have Bryan, in his quiet way, say "uh, actually......"
I could probably go for a geology degree if I could remember even 10% of the knowledge he has shared over the years.

Right on.


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