Fort Hays State University Geology Summer Field Camp
Fort Hays State University
Geology Summer Field Camp 2008

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Day Date Miles (Day) Project Camping Site - Phone
Sunday 5/25 Students arrive FHSU campus; Pizza ~5 or 5:30 pm Tomanek Hall 213;
Out-of-staters stay in FHSU Dorm [showers]
Week 1 - Depart: 7:30 am CST - Parking lot east of Tomanek Hall
Monday 5/26 420 (1) Travel Campground - Heaton Bay Campground, CO ? {NS}
Tuesday 5/27 180 (2) Travel Campground - RV Ranch,Grand Junction 970-434-6644
Wednesday 5/28 170 (3) Douglass Pass, Eocene Insects Campground - DNM {NS} 435-781-7716
Thursday 5/29 10 (4) Airphoto Geologic Mapping: includes strat measuring,
Friday 5/30 50 (5) strat measuring, Shower in Jensen
Saturday 5/31 10 (6) fault analysis + report.
Sunday 6/1 10 (7) DNM Visitor Center; Cub Creek Petroglyphs
Week 2
Monday 6/2 190 (8) Travel to Price, Utah College East. Utah {S}435-637-2120
Tuesday 6/3 50 (9) Airphoto-structural mapping - Ketobe Knob
Wednesday 6/4 50 (10) Airphoto-structural mapping; stereonet fault kinematics - Ketobe Knob
Thursday 6/5 130 (11) Dead Horse Pt; Arches NM Campground - Arches Nat. Mon. {NS} 435-259-4351
Friday 6/6 220 (12) Potash Mines Campground - Cortez KOA {S} 970-565-9301
Saturday 6/7 50 (13) Travel to Durango United Campground {S} 970-247-3853
Sunday 6/8 30 (14) Detailed Strat/Correlation/Depo A
Week 3
Monday 6/9 30 (15) Project A [cont.]/Depo Stat B
Tuesday 6/10 50 (16) Airphoto Geologic Mapping: complex structure,
Wednesday 6/11 50 (17) igneous/metamorphic/sedimentary [cont.]
Thursday 6/12 50 (18) Cont.; stereonet fold analysis; visit Molas Lake -Silverton
Friday 6/13 30 (19) Projects due 1 pm; coal mine tour; supper downtown Durango
Saturday 6/14 190 (20) Travel to Great Sand Dunes Campground - GSDNM {NS} 719.378-2313
Sunday 6/15 480 (21) Travel to FHSU [Out-of-staters in FHSU Dorm] 785-628-4900
Week 4
Monday 6/16 0 (22) Full day off, use this time to organize and prep for finals
Tuesday 6/17 10 (23) DASC, Magmapper, OhmMapper, Surfer, Grapher, ArcView
Wednesday 6/18 10 (24) Applied Geophysics Project
Thursday 6/19 10 (25) Applied Geophysics Project
Friday 6/20 10 (26) PC modelling report writing; Sample Final 2:00 pm in TH213
Saturday 6/21 10 (27) Report due noon in TH215; Written Final 2 pm in TH213
Sunday 6/22 30 (28) Camp officially over after breakfast 8 am


Fort Hays State University Geology Summer Field Camp
600 Park St.
Hays, KS 67601
Phone: (785)628-5348
Fax: (785)628-4096
E-mail: rschott@fhsu.edu
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