Field Stratigraphy in the Guadalupe Mountains - GEO391
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
Posters created during 2008 Field Trip
Paleogeographic Evolution
Facies Model
Lithostratigraphic Cross-Section
Measured Section with Outcrop Photos
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
Other Information
Pictures from May 2008 field trip
Pictures from May 2006 field trip
Slide Show of previous Field Stratigraphy classes (pdf format) (.ppt format)