11423 to 11426 SP TPS: RIO GRANDE RIFT.

Dates of field trip: Monday May 9th - Thursday May 19th.

Audience: These field trips are for a wide audience, from those who have an interest in geoscience to majors. The best place to learn about geology is in the field, and this is an opportunity to do so.

Cost and accomodations: Cost is for one credit tuition, food and sundries (transportation provided). We will be camping.

Grading: the grade will be base on a field notebook kept during the trip, and on a 15 minute oral presentation each student gives to the rest of the field trip participants during the trip.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact: Dr. Engelmann, Dr. Maher or Dr. Shuster: george_engelmann@mail.unomaha.edu, harmon_maher@mail.unomaha.edu, robert_shuster@mail.unomaha.edu

This shaded relief image of New Mexico hints at the great geodiversity that exists here. Can you find the Rio Grande Rift on it? Can you pick out any of the faults?

 

The grade is based on: 1) a field notebook kept throughout the trip, 2) A 15 minute presentation to the class on a relevant topic of your choice (see below list).

Possible topics for student presentations (these will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis, the ones with asterisks followed by names have been taken):

• Neotectonics of Rio Grande rift. *Andy Lewis
• Capulin volcano and related Tertiary volcanism. * John Glover
• Geologic history of the Rio Grande River. * Rebecca Moshman.
• Sangre de Cristo Rocky Mountain uplift. * Scott Thompson
• Jemez Caldera. *Adam Taylor
• Bandolier tuff. * David Haase
• Santa Fe Group (rift sediment fill).*Sara Pistillo
• Mesozoic stratigraphy of New Mexico. * Phil Schiele
• Bandolier Monument geoarcheology. *Jeremiah Taylor
• Rio Grande hotspring and geothermal activity. * Mike Riggle
• Mineralization in the Rio Grande area. * Amanda Harrison
• Lava flow morphology and lava tubes. * Jon Firkins
• Precambrian rocks of New Mexico. *Alicia Kafka
• Paleontology of the Rio Grande Rift area. * Erica Fish

If you have a topic of your own that you wish to pursue, you must OK it ahead of time with Dr. Shuster or myself (Dr. Maher).

Preliminary Itinerary for the GEOL2500 Rio Grande Rift Field Trip 2005

• May 9: Depart UNO and drive to the Front Range in Colorado camp
• May 10 : Stops at Raton Pass, Capulin Volcano NM, points of interest en route camp at Bandelier NP
• May 11: Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier NP, camp at Bandelier NP
• May 12: Santa Fe Group, Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos - Espanola region, camp at Bandelier NP
• May 13: Jemez Canyon, Jemez Springs, Valles Caldera, Albuquerque, camp at el Malpais
• May 14: Ice caves, Zuni uplift, camp at el Malpais
• May15: points of interest en route, camp near Socorro
• May 16: points of interest en route, camp in Capitan Mtns
• May 17 : return part way camp
• May 18: return to UNO

This may well be changed, possibly en route. Cheers!

For UNO students, information and documents can also be found on Blackboard.