Last week I attended the SCEC intern colloquim. The first day all the intern's gave presentation, the next morning we visited Cal Tech and ECI. The next few days we meet three of the interns mentors, visited trench sites, and learned about thier projects. The trenches were on the San Andreas Fault, so we learned about the earthquake history. The trip was very interseting and gave me a new excitment for my project.
    This week I have entered into a new stage of my project. We have finished the photo mosaic for the east wall, and redid sections that were "deformed." I am now drawing faults and units on to a Master Log. This will provide a visual aid for my poster, and a guide to completeing the reconstructions. The master log will have certain units highlighted so it is easy to follow, and displacements/faults are distinct. I finished 1/3 of the log this week, and hope to have the rest finished by next week. After the faults and units are completed the reconstructions will begin full force! I intend to cut and paste together my reconstruction on paper, then transfer the work on to the conputer. It is easier to reconstruct on paper first because you have a view of the entire computer screen. With the computer you are limited to how much of the trench log you can view.
I am very excited to be nearing final stages of this project, it has been alot of hard work to put together the photomosaic. But, it looks beautiful- and I can wait to cut it up and figure out how everything happened!