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University of Akron Geology Field Camp

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Itinerary - 2008

Date	Activity
May 31, June 1	Travel to South Dakota (One geology stop second day at Ashfall  in Nebraska)
June 2	Field Trip: Geology of Badlands National Park. Travel to Rapid City
June3	Exercise 1: How to measure a stratigraphic section.  Geology of the Black Hills & Lower Paleozoic.
June 4	Exercise 1: Geology of the Black Hills including Upper Paleozoic & Mesozoic Section
June5	Field Trip: Southern Black Hills - Jewel Cave National Monument and Mammoth Hot Springs
June 6	Exercise 2 - Pace & Compass map I: Little Elk Creek
June 7	Field Trip:  Mt. Rushmore. Introduction to mapping techniques in igneous and metamorphic rocks .
June 8	DAY-OFF
June 9	Exercise 3 - Pace & Compass map II: Iron Mountain
June 10	Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo
June 11	Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo
June 12	Field Trip: Geology of the Powder River basin, including Devils Tower. Travel from Rapid City to Bearlodge, WY
June 13	Field Trip: Geology of the Bighorn Mountains. Introduction to Mesozoic section
June 14	Travel from Bear Lodge to Powell, WY Introduction to Mesozoic section and mapping geologic structures
June 15	Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin.
June 16	Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin.
June 17	Field Trip: Geology of the Beartooth Mountains. Travel from Powell to Yellowstone National Park.
June 18	Geology of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding regions
June 19	Travel from Yellowstone National Park to S D. Geology of the Heart Mountain Detachment.

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modified by Verne Friberg 10/02/07

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