Due to the recent earthquake in Turkey the graduate student I work with has left the country. Tim Dawson and Tom Rockwell both worked n Turkey last year, studying the Anatolian fault (I believe that is the correct fault/spelling). Tim left in the middle of the week, and will return in about two weeks. Tom is also currently out of the country and will return this week-end, but will also leave for Turkey shortly after his return. I guess that leaves me here by myself for awhile. I feel that I am in the final stages of my project and should be able to push through the last steps. It will be difficult to not have anyone to consult with my problems and difficulties. To resolve this I have begun my "questions list" so that I can discuss the problems I encountered with Tim or Tom when they return.
           This week I finished drafting my master log. Tim printed out copies before he left so I could reconstruct while viewing the "big" picture. I have begun the reconstruction's using these copies, and anticipate transferring this information on to the computer shortly. It is difficult to interpret the information, and I will probably do a few reconstruction's until I feel confident enough to use photoshop.
    To orientate myself further with the geologic history of the Garlock Fault I did a little research. At the intern meeting Mark Benthien gave out copies of the SCEC quarterly report, which had an article on my trench in it's earlier stages (Vol. 4, num. 4). I decide to look up the reports by Roy Dokka that are referenced at the end of the article. Both of the papers were very helpful in answering some of my general questions concerning the formation and history of the Garlock Fault.
That's all folk's! Well ok, for this week.