geology of the great southern basin, nv-ca spring field course, march 2009 instructors: dr. mary...
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Geology of the Great Southern Basin, NV-CA
Spring Field Course, March 2009
Instructors:Instructors:Dr. Mary Beth Gray, Dr. Carl Kirby, Dr. Mary Beth Gray, Dr. Carl Kirby, Dr. Kaustubh PatwardhanDr. Kaustubh Patwardhan
Students: Amy Jewett, Anne Strader, Cara Porteus, Students: Amy Jewett, Anne Strader, Cara Porteus, Cullen Kortyna, Erin Donaghy,, Emily Bitely, Eva Lipiec, Cullen Kortyna, Erin Donaghy,, Emily Bitely, Eva Lipiec, Ed Bauer, Eric Lynch, Jeremy Byler, Kait Fleming, Kristi Ed Bauer, Eric Lynch, Jeremy Byler, Kait Fleming, Kristi Grandy, Lauren Hall, Lily PfeiferGrandy, Lauren Hall, Lily Pfeifer
Enthusiast: Wesley SiglEnthusiast: Wesley Sigl
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Pre-trip preparation at Bucknell:Viewing 3-D images of Death Valley
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Loading the limo: 6 AM at Bucknell
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All bright-eyed…..for a few minutes anyway….
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Passing time at the Newark airport
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Grand Canyon
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Lake Mead
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The Las Vegas “Strip”
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Angular Unconformity at Furnace Creek
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Dante’s View
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Looking Northwest from Dante’s View
bajada
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Badwater Alluvial Fan
Salt deposits
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Salt deposits at BadwaterSalt deposits at Badwater
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A doubting geologist testing for halite
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Dr. Gray explaining desert pavement
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282 ft below sea level
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Sea level sign
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Old Lake Manly Shoreline deposit
Funeral Mountains
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Artists’ Drive – Funeral Mountains
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Looking for the dip in the road…
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Exploring a trench in an alluvial fan
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Dr. Gray describes the development of a fanhead trench
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Finding slickenlines in the alluvial fan
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Corkscrew Mountain
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The 27-mile one-way gravel road to Titus Canyon
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A stop at Red Pass along the way
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Still on the road to Titus Canyon
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Leadfield mine workings
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Finally there!
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Taking care of Eric
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Not a fold!
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Figuring out that therocks are overturned
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Petroglyphs at Klare Spring
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Petroglyphs at Klare Spring
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Unconformity?
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No, it’s an overturned anticline.
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see?
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Dr. Gray describes the faulting in the Bonanza King Formation
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Mystery breccia near theMystery breccia near themouth of Titus Canyonmouth of Titus Canyon
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Mystery breccia near themouth of Titus Canyon
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still a mystery…
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kangaroo rat – 1/10 life size!
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provisioning at Beatty, Nevada
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Lathrop Wells cinder cone - mined for scoria
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Crater Flats cinder cones
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Climbing Black ConeClimbing Black Cone
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Taking in the view at the summit of Black Cone
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Dr. Patwardhan shows the group a volcanic bomb
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Pyroclastic Eruption!
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lava flow
Yucca Mountain
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Cinder cones in front of Yucca Mountain
Red Cone
Black Cone Little Cones
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lunchtime rest
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going down Split Cone in Death Valley
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Shoshone roadcut: tuff and obsidian and faults, oh my!
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Dissected alluvial fan coming from the Panamint Mountains
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6,000 year-old Ubehebe Crater
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warning signs…
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oops…..
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Rapid descent into Ubehebe Crater
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A slower ascent out of Ubehebe Crater
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Eric explains the igneous rock composition/texture diagram
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On the road to “The Racetrack”On the road to “The Racetrack”
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“The Racetrack”
granitegranite
playa lakegranite
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“The Racetrack”
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“The Racetrack”
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When you’re at the Racetrack……When you’re at the Racetrack……
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…you might as well race!
(rock win)
(geo student fail)
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There are always members of the press at sporting events!
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Holy polygons, Batman!
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1.5 ft long Chuckwalla at The Racetrack
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Mosaic Canyon
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Mosaic Canyon
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Roadblock in Mosaic Canyon
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Stovepipe Wells
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Stovepipe Wells Dune field
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Thirsty geologist
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Nevada Test Site
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Helicopter at the Nevada Test Site
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Moving target!Moving target!
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The end to another great Bucknell Geology Spring Break Trip!