BCCER
3521 14 Mile House Road
Forest Ranch, CA 95942
530-898-5010
530-898-5011

Mailing Address
BCCER/Chico State Enterprises
25 Main St. Suite 203
Chico, CA 95928-5388

Geology Research

The BCCER is a geologically diverse Cascade range foothill canyonland. The major rock formations are the fossil-bearing Chico Formation, the volcanic Lovejoy Basalt, and the Tuscan Formation, an ancient lahar. See our Geology page for more information.

Adams, Chloe (2015). Slope Stability Analysis of a Small Intermittent Failure (PDF) (PDF)

Gonzalez, Marisol (2014). Stratal Geometries of Tuscan Deposits in Big Chico Creek Canyon Outcrops and in the Subsurface Underlying Chico, California (PDF) (PDF)

Street, Quinn (2009). Regional Paleo-Topographic Setting of the Lovejoy Basalt, Northern California (PDF) (PDF)

Walker, Kristoffer (2012). Evaluating the opposing wave interaction hypothesis for the generation of microbaroms in the eastern North Pacific (PDF) (PDF)