Geology Field Camp I - 2026 Itinerary
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Date |
Activity |
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May 23, 24 |
Travel to South Dakota (Geology stop second day at Ashfall in Nebraska) |
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May 25 |
Field Trip: Geology of Badlands National Park. Travel to Rapid City. |
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May 26 |
Exercise 1: Measuring a stratigraphic section. Geology of the Black Hills & Lower Paleozoic. |
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May 27 |
Exercise 1: Geology of the Black Hills including Upper Paleozoic |
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May 28 |
Field Trip: Southern Black Hills - Jewel Cave National Monument |
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May 29 |
Exercise 2 - Pace & Compass map I: Little Elk Creek |
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May 30 |
Field Trip: Mt. Rushmore. Introduction to mapping igneous and metamorphic rocks. |
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May 31 |
DAY-OFF |
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June 1 |
Exercise 3 - Pace & Compass map II: Iron Mountain |
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June 2 |
Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo |
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June 3 |
Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo |
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June 4 |
Field Trip: Geology of the Powder River basin, including Devils Tower. Travel from Rapid City to Burgess Junction, WY. |
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June 5 |
Field Trip: Geology of the Bighorn Mountains. Introduction to Mesozoic section. |
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June 6 |
Travel from Bighorn Mts. to Powell, WY. Introduction to Mesozoic section and mapping geologic structures. |
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June 7 |
Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin |
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June 8 |
Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin |
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June 9 |
Field Trip: Geology of the Rattlesnake Mts. Travel from Powell to Yellowstone National Park. |
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June 10 |
Geology of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding regions |
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June 11 |
Travel from Yellowstone National Park to Powell. Field Camp II arrives in Powell. |
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June 12 |
Field camp 1 only - possible travel to Sioux City, IA |
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June 13 |
Field camp 1 only - possible travel to Akron, OH |
Geology Field Camp II - 2026 Itinerary
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June 11 |
Field Camp 2 Arrives in Powell, WY |
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June 12 |
Exercise 1: Cross section exercise |
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June 13 |
Exercise 2: Mesozoic stratigraphic column |
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June 14 |
Exercise 3: Goose Egg mapping |
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June 15 |
Exercise 3: Goose Egg mapping |
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June 16 |
Exercise 3: Goose Egg mapping |
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June 17 |
Day-Off |
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June 18 |
Travel to Rawlins, WY |
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June 19 |
Exercise 4: Seminoes stratigraphic column |
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June 20 |
Exercise 4: Seminoes stratigraphic column |
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June 21 |
Exercise 5: Seminoes mapping |
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June 22 |
Exercise 5: Seminoes mapping |
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June 23 |
Exercise 5: Seminoes mapping |
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June 24 |
Exercise 5: Seminoes mapping |
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June 25 |
Exercise 5: Seminoes mapping |
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June 26 |
Travel to Coralville, IA |
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June 27 |
Return to Akron, OH |