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