ERSC 4320: Field Geology II
The UALR Earth Sciences department has developed a 3-week summer field camp that was offered for the first time in July, 2009. Tentative dates for Summer 2010 are July 5-26, and the group will leave from Little Rock and spend approximately 2.5 weeks camping and doing various field mapping exercises in the Needle Mountains near Durango, Colorado. Students are expected to have junior or senior status, and the main prerequisites are Field Geology I (ERSC 3320) and Structural Geology (ERSC 3430).
Photos from the 2009 Field camp
Photos from the 2010 Field camp
Click here for a list of required and recommended gear.
Below is a tentative schedule for next summer’s (2011) course:
July 5 - Little Rock, AR, to Clayton, NM; camp at Clayton Lakes State Park; Dinosaur tracks at CLSP
July 6 - Clayton, NM to Alamosa, CO; camp at San Luis Lakes State Park; Capulin N.M., Spanish Peaks, Great Sand Dunes National Park
July 7 - Great Sand Dunes National Park dune morphology exercise
July 8 - Northern San Luis basin; Sangre de Cristo Mountains
July 9 - Lake City, CO, to Montrose, CO; camp at Black Canyon National Park; West Elk volcanics, Black Canyon National Park
July 10 - Montrose, CO, to Silverton, CO; camp at Molas Lake, CO; Black Canyon National Park, Silverton mining district
July 11-13 - Molas Lake mapping project, Needle Mountains, CO; 1/2 day off on July 12
July 14-17 - Hermosa mapping project, Needle Mountains, CO
July 18 - Day off
July 19-23 - Lime Creek mapping project, Needle Mountains, CO
July 24 - Silverton, CO, to Los Alamos, NM; camp at Bandelier National Monument; San Juan basin; Jemez Springs (travertine dam); Valles caldera
July 25 - Los Alamos, NM, to Amarillo, TX; hotel in Amarillo; Bandelier National Monument
July 26 - Amarillo, TX, to Little Rock, AR
More detailed information about the course including estimated course fees will be sent out to interested students before the registration dates for summer sessions.
Feel free to contact UALR Earth Sciences faculty members Jamey Jones or Beth McMillan with questions or requests for additional information.
Molas Lake, Needle Mountains, Colorado (photos: D. Hicks)