Links and References
Links
Links
http://www.tasmaniangeographic.com/what-is-tafoni/
Tasmanian Geographic, article I wrote about tafoni
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1007/volcanic.html
USGS explanation of “Hole-In-The-Wall” rocks
http://www.nps.gov/goga/forteachers/graywacke-sandstone-faq.htm
NPS website about Greywacke sandstone with a nice photo beneath the Golden Gate Bridge
http://www.rosssea.info/rock-weathering.html
Cavernous weathering photos from Antarctica
http://www.photoglobe.info/db_corsica/corse_bolius_sep2004_009.html
Corsican tafoni
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rayp/
Ray Pestrong’s website
http://geology.rockbandit.net
Diverse array of geology related content
http://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/84148980/
A nice collection of tafoni pictures
http://pescaderomemories.com/
Lovely coastal memories
http://www.nwgeology.wordpress.com
Washington State tafoni field trip
http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/2012/06/tafoni-1.html
Interesting blog about tafoni
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_erlandson/sets/72157632804077534/
Excellent photo blog of California coastal geology by Ben Erlandson
http://angolodipasqua.xoom.it/calafuria/index.htm
Excellent photo blog of Italian tafoni by Pasqua Gandolfi
http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/castlerock.html
Directions to Castle Rock State Park tafoni
http://throughthesandglass.typepad.com/through_the_sandglass/2009/02/tafoni.html
Through the Sand and Glass
The Tafoni Trail
http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/elcortemadera.html
Directions
http://kevingong.com/Hiking/200405TafoniTrail.html
http://www.the4cs.com/~corin/photos/2003/DougJanuary/2003012511091.html
A description from a trail sign of one possible mechanism for tafoni in the Santa Cruz coastal mountains (Corta Madera). This trail, dubbed the tafoni trail, features some exquisite forms at more than 700 m MSL
Tafoni Videos by Wally Fields
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5tgBNcDGjQ
Salt Point State Park
Pigeon Point, Pescadero, California
Bean Hollow State Beach, Pescadero, California
Tafoni Inspired Art
Tafoni paintings by Rosalie Lang (featured in the exhibition “Imagining Deep Time” 29 August 29 2014 - 15 January 2015 at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC)
Tafoni sculptures by Wally Fields
Drawings inspired by tafoni
Books and Documents
•Terreno Memoria By Gonzalo Ramírez Click Here.pdf
•Tafoni explanation, Ischia Island By Rainer Ahrweiler Click Here.pdf
•Discovering California: A selection of articles and photographs from Pacific discovery magazine in facsimile reprint. 1983. Edited by Bruce Finson. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences (originally printed in Pacific Discovery - now California Wild, The Magazine of the California Academy of Sciences - entitled “Sandstone Sculptures” by Randall Fleming in Salt Point State Park. (1979), v. 32, no. 1. (Thank you, Robert Crabill!!)