Field Camp

Field Camp


fieldcamp01RedRocksColorado 2001 State University of New York at Buffalo Geology Field Camp - I left in early May for a 4 week traveling field camp through the U.S. Southwest. SUNY Buffalo was the host school. I was among 40+ students who attended the camp. We all were there to learn proper geology field mapping, stratigraphy, structure, and tectonics. There was a total of 4 major mapping sites plus minor field trips. We all left from Denver, Colorado for the first stop to get an overall regional geology lesson. This took place at Red Rocks State Park, Colorado (pictured). fieldcamp01RedRocksColorado
fieldcamp02ArroyodelPlomoNM First Map Site: Arroyo del Plomo, New Mexico - This was our only igneous and metamorphic mapping site. fieldcamp02ArroyodelPlomoNM
fieldcamp03MetaquartziteRuss The group I was with consisted of Russ Kohrs, seen in this shot standing next to some Metaquartzite dipping to the southeast, and Elijah Knight. fieldcamp03MetaquartziteRuss
fieldcamp04VallesGrandeMe On about the last day at the New Mexico site we went to a field trip with the Los Alamos National Laboratory. We were in the region close to Los Alamos and Bandelier National Monument. We were looking at the volcanic deposits from the Valles Grande Caldera. We stopped for lunch at the caldera, and a buddy from Pitt took this shot of me next to the sign. fieldcamp04VallesGrandeMe
fieldcamp05NMSUNSET After the field trip, as we got close to the ski lodge where we were staying, our convoy of vans stopped to get a shot of the New Mexico sunset. fieldcamp05NMSUNSET
fieldcamp06RioGrandeGorgeNM While heading to our next map site we stopped on the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge to get a nice photo of the view. The bridge is 650 feet above the river. fieldcamp06RioGrandeGorgeNM
fieldcamp07FormationsoutsideDurangoCO We then headed into Durango, Colorado. The next day we left for the second mapping site, but before we got there we stopped for overall views of the stratigraphy. The image shows the Formations, from top to bottom: Dakota, Morrison, Wanaka, Entrada, Carmel, Wingate, and Cutler. fieldcamp07FormationsoutsideDurangoCO
fieldcamp08EngineerMtCO Before getting to the next site we had to go through some nice mountain passes in Colorado. Engineer Mountain (pictured at 12,800') was right before Molas Pass (10,910'). Engineer Mountain has a section near the top that is a columnar jointed intrusion of rhyolite. fieldcamp08EngineerMtCO
fieldcamp09MolasPassCO Molas Pass (10,910') fieldcamp09MolasPassCO
fieldcamp10MolasPassMe I also got another shot of me while at Molas Pass. fieldcamp10MolasPassMe
fieldcamp11REDMTCO Right before Ouray, Colorado ( fieldcamp11REDMTCO
fieldcamp12MegaripplesWaterfallCO ...then a nice waterfall with some cool megaripples. fieldcamp12MegaripplesWaterfallCO
fieldcamp13OURAYCO We stayed in Ouray, Colorado for the night at the Ouray Victorian Inn, with some cool rocks in the background. fieldcamp13OURAYCO
fieldcamp15WaterfallOurayCO There are also some other cool waterfalls within the town. fieldcamp15WaterfallOurayCO
fieldcamp17BoxCanyonOurayCO One of the coolest was the Box Canyon Falls, that I went to see with Matt fieldcamp17BoxCanyonOurayCO
fieldcamp18MtWilsonGlaciatedValley1 As we continue on the trip to the second map site we passed Wilson Peak and... fieldcamp18MtWilsonGlaciatedValley1
fieldcamp19MtWilsonGlaciatedValley2 ...the Glaciated Valley near it. fieldcamp19MtWilsonGlaciatedValley2
fieldcamp20BedrockCOParadoxValley Near the Utah boarder we entered the Paradox Valley, and made a rest stop in Bedrock, Colorado that is embodied in this photo. fieldcamp20BedrockCOParadoxValley
fieldcamp21ButtesnearCamp Second Map Site: We finally got into our camp site in Utah, where there was some cool buttes near the camp. The second map site was in Davis Canyon, Utah near Canyonlands National Park, Utah. This was a nice structural and stratigraphic site with a couple normal faults creating a horst and graben topographic look. fieldcamp21ButtesnearCamp
fieldcamp22MiddleButteDavisCanyonUT Middle Butte is the main part of the puzzle that extended to the southeast to what we called... fieldcamp22MiddleButteDavisCanyonUT
fieldcamp23GolfCourseDavisCanyonUT ...the fieldcamp23GolfCourseDavisCanyonUT
fieldcamp24CombRidgeMonocline As we left our second map site we went to our next field trip stop for lunch at Goosenecks State Park, New Mexico. From here one can see the Comb Ridge Monocline and... fieldcamp24CombRidgeMonocline
fieldcamp25MonumentValleyUT ...Monument Valley in the distance (but this photo is a close up from when we stopped by it later on in the field trip). When we stopped near Monument Valley for a road rest stop, each van took a group photo of that van. fieldcamp25MonumentValleyUT
fieldcamp26OURVAN Our van consisted of (Left-Right on van) Jenn, Matt fieldcamp26OURVAN
fieldcamp27GlenCanyonNatRecArea For dinner that evening we drove up Utah route 261 North to the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Russ took a photo of me from the top of the mesa with Goosenecks and Monument Valley in the background. fieldcamp27GlenCanyonNatRecArea
fieldcamp28GoosenecksfromGlenCanyon This site was cool because you can see Goosenecks State Park, Monument Valley, and... fieldcamp28GoosenecksfromGlenCanyon
fieldcamp29CombRidgefromGlenCanyon ...Comb Ridge Monocline from there. fieldcamp29CombRidgefromGlenCanyon
fieldcamp30DoubleArchUT Just before getting to the third map site we went to Arches National Park where I got a cool shot of Double Arch. fieldcamp30DoubleArchUT
fieldcamp31SplitMtGreenRiverUT Third Map Site: Our third camp site was in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah next to the Green River and Split Mountain. fieldcamp31SplitMtGreenRiverUT
fieldcamp32MapSite3UT The third map site was called the Inferno Structure and was primarily the nose of an anticline that had a fault running through it from the southeast to northwest. fieldcamp32MapSite3UT
fieldcamp33FootballStructure4thMapSite Fourth Map Site: Our final map site was on the Q Creek Ranch in Wyoming northwest of Laramie, Wyoming. This map site was the largest of the four, and being the last was the most difficult. it contained a domal structure called fieldcamp33FootballStructure4thMapSite
fieldcamp34EastEdgeof4thMapSite It then extended to the east where it fell off into a cool valley. The entire thing was said to be a monocline, like Comb Ridge, and also had some faulting. After the map site we all headed back to Denver, Colorado to fly home. fieldcamp34EastEdgeof4thMapSite

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