In 1987, Ian Dalziel, a professor and senior research scientist at the Jackson School of Geosciences’ Institute for Geophysics, was flying over the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica’s interior. He was admiring the majestic outcropping of rock towering above the desolate landscape, when he found his mind wandering back to the geology of the southwestern United […]
Peter Kilkus has lived the recent, human history upheavals at Lake Berryessa. A group of experts from Davis knows about the areaâs geological upheavals.
The result is two very different, recently-published books. Berryessa buffs can read Kilkusâ âPolicy and Politics Betray the Peopleâ and the Davis groupâs âExploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology, Nature and History Tour.â
One focuses on perceived Berryessa resort war blunders, the other on the landscape across geological time. Both portray Berryessa as more than an afterthought to world-famous Napa Valley wine country, but as something special in itself.
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