The Plate Tectonic Revolution and How California Became the Epicenter of a Scientific Breakthrough

The Plate Tectonic Revolution and How California Became the Epicenter of a Scientific Breakthrough

How the 1969 Penrose Conference on plate tectonics at Asilomar in California transformed our understanding of Earth’s dynamic processes. Aerial photo of San Andreas Fault looking northwest onto the Carrizo Plain with Soda Lake visible at the upper left. (Wikipedia) Support California Curated with a small donation. Before the late 1960s, understanding Earth’s shifting surface, particularly in a geologically active region like California, was a m…