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May 31: Tertiary sedimentary rocks,
Field Trip: Badlands National Park, South Dakota |
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June 2: Homestake Gold Mine, Lead,
South Dakota, seen during overview of the Geology of the Black Hills
(note yellow dump truck at bottom of
mine). |
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June 4: Steeply inclined Mississippian
limestones mapped during Exercise 2 - Pace & Compass map I: Little Elk
Creek |
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June 5: Big heads carved in granite at
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, visited during Field Trip: Southern
Black Hills - Jewel Cave National Monument, Mt. Rushmore |
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June 10: Columnar jointing in a Tertiary
volcanic neck at Devils Tower National Monument. Visited during the Field
Trip on the Geology of the Powder River basin. |
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June 11: Steamboat Rock, 200' high cliff of Ordovician
Bighorn Dolomite viewed on Field Trip examining the geology of the Bighorn
Mountains. |
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June 14: Nancy Scherbarth (U. of Wisconsin/Parkside) & A.J. Gissinger (U. of
Akron) review their maps on the flank of
Alkali anticline (view is to the
north). |
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June 15: Two miles up, in the snow atop the Beartooth
Mountains (from left: Bill Goebel [Youngstown State
U.], Matt Kawa [U. of Wisconsin/ Parkside], A.J. Gissinger [U. of Akron],
Monica McLaughlin [Cleveland State U.], Katie Oatey [U. of Akron], Maureen
Healy [SUNY Binghamton] Mary Armstrong, Verne Friberg, Steve Watkin [U. of
Akron], Tracy Rocca [U. of Maryland]. |
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June 16,17: Yellowstone National  Park, (watch out for
animals) a geological wonderland. We could stay here
for weeks - unfortunately we'll only be staying three nights, but we will
be beside Old Faithful (on left, Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone is on the right). |
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June 17: The high peaks of Grand Teton National Park.
We say goodbye to Field Camp 1 students (sob, sob), admire the views,
discuss the origin of Jackson Hole and visit the town of Jackson
(photo courtesy of Bill Goebel). |
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June 17:
On the return trip to Powell, we
examine the enigma that is the Heart Mountain Detachment, and travel one
of the most beautiful backroads in America. |
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June 20-22: Time to go it alone,
Exercise 7: mapping the geology of the Goose Egg Anticline. A solo mapping
project in the beautifully exposed Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Bighorn
Basin (note tiny figures at crest of
fold...that could be you). |
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June 23: Get on the bus. Field Trip:
Geology of central Wyoming, see the Thermopolis Hot Springs, Wind River
Canyon, and Granite Mountains as we travel from Powell to Miracle Mile
Ranch (normal fault in Cambrian rocks,
left). |
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June 26,27: Stratigraphy of the Seminoe Mountains. A
detailed look at sedimentary rocks and what they tell us about the
paleogeography of central Wyoming. |
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June 29: Begin the final mapping project, Exercise
10, during which you will make a geologic map and cross section and
interpret the area's structural evolution. How will you explain the
abundant normal faults like the one offseting the white sandstone bed in
the Triassic Chugwater Group? |
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July 4: Day off. What better way to celebrate end of
camp than to visit Independence Rock and look for inscriptions left by
 emigrants on the Oregon trail. |
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July 5: Field camp comes to a close and you have time
to watch one more sunset from your cabin door at Miracle Mile
Ranch (photo courtesy of Bill Goebel). |
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