Using the Geoslicer
The Vibrohammer holds the tab of the Geoslicer wedge to manipulate its location at the Tule Pond trench in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
The shutter plate is carefully lowered by Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., LTD. next to the Geoslicer wedge at the Tule Pond trench in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
The shutter plate is carefully lowered by Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., LTD. next to the Geoslicer wedge at the Tule Pond trench in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., LTD. is fixing the shutter plate and wedge contact to the crane at the Tule Pond trench in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., watches as the shutter and wedge are lifted out of the ground at the Tule Pond trench in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., LTD. motions to the crane operator to set the Geoslicer down next to the trench at Tule Pond in Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
The shutter plate and wedge are lowered onto the ground next to the trench. Tule Pond trench, Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Digging a Paleoseismic Trench
Jim Lienkamper and Tim Dawson of the USGS get a better view of the trench at Tule Pond in Fremont, CA. From this perspective, they can direct the backhoe operator on the depth to dig the trench....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Digging a Paleoseismic Trench
Tom Fumal and Jim Lienkamper of the USGS place shims inside the trench at Tule Pond in Fremont, CA. These shims will add support to the trenches walls and allow scientists to work inside it safely....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., takes a first look at the material brought up by the Geoslicer at the Tule Pond trench, Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Using the Geoslicer
Tsuyoshi Haraguchi of Fukkon Co., and colleagues look at the material brought up by the Geoslicer at the Tule Pond trench, Fremont, CA....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Digging a Paleoseismic Trench
Scientists and students from the USGS, geotechnical companies and universities come to view the trench at Tule Pond, Fremont, CA, prior to it's disruption....
Location: Fremont, CA, USA