VIEW
PHOTOS FROM THE RECENT FIELD TRIP - May
2008
Posters created during 2008 Field Trip
Paleogeographic Evolution
Facies Model
Lithostratigraphic Cross-Section
Measured Section with Outcrop Photos
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce graduate students
to the study of sedimentary rocks (the emphasis will be on
carbonates however we shall also study siliciclastics with
a focus on turbidite deposits) using the Guadalupe Mountains
as our natural laboratory. Our goal is to develop fundamental
field skills and to gain a broad geologic understanding of
the evolution of an Upper Permian carbonate platform and reef
complex in a classic geologic area. The Guadalupe Mountains
provide superb continuous exposure of a wide spectrum of carbonate
and siliciclastic environments across a shelf to basin transect.
We will focus on the interpretation of depositional environments
and stratal architecture based on observations in the field.
SEE OUR AD FOR
SPRING 2008
Text:
Sedimentary Rocks in the Field, 2003. By Tucker, M. E., John
Wiley and Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, Third edition,
234 p.
Field Trip for Spring 2008:
Depart: From University, May 7
Arrive: Carlsbad, N.M., May 8
Field Work: May 8 - May 15
Depart: Carlsbad, N.M., May 16
Arrive: University, May 17
Web Links:
Paleogeography
and Geologic Evolution of North America
High
Resolution Globes
Helpful Information:
Pictures
from May 2008 field trip
Pictures
from May 2006 field trip
Slide Show of previous
Field Stratigraphy classes (pdf format) (.ppt
format)
