hello, I have a discussion question I need help with. I have provided the direct

hello, I have a discussion question I need help with. I have provided the directions and all the sources you need below. let me know if you have any questions. thank you!
Pick a trail in California to explore for this assignment. If you’re not sure where to start, you can look up trails in the U.S. at AllTrails (https://www.alltrails.com/). If you were to go for a hike on the trail you picked, one of the things you would encounter would be various rocks along the trail. You can learn more about these rocks by looking at geologic maps, which show the distribution of different rock types, geologic structures like faults and folds, plate boundaries, and more.
For example, I picked the Damnation Creek Trail in Del Norte State Park (pictured below), which is in far northwestern California near Crescent City. It’s one of the craziest trails I’ve ever hiked because it goes through foggy old-growth coast redwood and Sitka spruce forest down 1.7 miles to the ocean. Although 1.7 miles isn’t a very long hike (3.4 miles round trip), you drop more than 1000 feet in elevation over this short distance – it’s essentially all downhill for the first half, and then all uphill as you climb back up from the ocean to the parking lot!
To explore the geology of the trail you picked, first go to the Geology of North America mapLinks to an external site., which is an online GIS (Geographic Information Systems) database. Click on “open in map viewer” to open this GIS data.
Zoom into your trail area or do a search for a nearby town to bring you to the general area of your trail. If you don’t see the search box in the top right of the screen, select Map Tools from the menu on the right and select Search. If you only see symbols on the right, but don’t see the words, just click on the wrench symbol.
Once you’re looking at the area in which your trail is found, click on the map to bring up a pop-up window that will tell you the types of rocks present and the geologic period(s) from which they date. Your trail may travel across more than one geologic type so be sure to click on each differently colored area on along your map (if there is more than one). Take a screenshot similar to the one for the Damnation Creek trail below:
Next, look to see if your trail is near any earthquake faults and folds by opening up the GIS database Earthquake Faults and Folds in the USALinks to an external site.. The Damnation Creek trail doesn’t cross any faults, but there are some faults to the south of it, including the Surpur Creek Fault (pop-up window appears when you click on a fault line). Take a screenshot similar to the one below:
Measure the approximate distance of your trail to the nearest fault by using the Measurement tool. To open the Measurement tool, click on the Map Tools wrench on the right-side of the map, select Measurement, and make sure the Measure Distance box is selected. Click on your trail and then double-click on the closest fault line to bring up a measurement of distance. Make sure the distance you’re measuring is in Miles.
Lastly, let’s see what type of tectonic plate your trail exists on and how many earthquakes have occurred nearby. To identify the plate your trail is found on, go to Tectonic Plates and BoundariesLinks to an external site. and click on your trail to bring up the name of your plate. Is this an oceanic or continental plate? (the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates are oceanic; the North American plate is continental). Knowing what kind of plate your trail is on will help you hypothesize what kinds of minerals might be found in the rocks.
To see how many earthquakes have occurred near your trail, go to Cracked Plates – Earth Science GeoInquiriesLinks to an external site., select Details on the top left side of the screen, then Content, and then turn on the layers for California Quakes and Plate Boundaries (see screenshot below). Once those layers are turned on, click on Legend. Examine your map to see what earthquakes have occurred near your trail (if any) and how close your trail is to a plate boundary. Take a screenshot to show the presence or absence of nearby earthquakes and plate boundaries.
Now answer the following questions for your primary post (minimum length = 150 words):
What is the name of the trail you picked and where is it located? What interests you about this trail (i.e., why did you pick this trail for the assignment)?
What types of rocks would you most likely to encounter on this trail? How old are these rocks? (you’ll need to look up when the geologic period of your rocks occurred) Based on the lecture and assigned readings about rock types, what processes likely led to the creation of these rocks? Insert a screenshot of your trail’s rock types.
How geologically active is the area in which your trail is found? For example, how close is your trail to a tectonic plate boundary and what kind of earthquake activity has occurred near your trail? Insert a screenshot documenting the presence or absence of earthquakes near your trail.
Finally, hypothesize about the mineral composition of your trail’s rocks based on the type of plate it exists on. The lecture and assigned readings will tell you what minerals are most often found on oceanic and continental plates.