Steve Grubbs (Cleveland State University) and Danielle Cares (University of Rhode Island) work on geologic map and stratigraphic column - Dinosaur National Monument.
May 25 to June 22, 2003
GSCI 552 6 Credits [Semester Hours]
An integrative geoscience capstone course involving a broad range of applied field techniques and procedures. Students will not only be evaluated in the field on traditional field methods such as measuring and describing stratigraphic sections, correlating stratigraphic sections, interpretation of ancient depositional environments, making geologic maps, mapping structural features; they will also complete projects an applied environmental geophysics using Surfer computer modeling, GPS and ArcView GIS.
All projects are returned to the students for their future job interviews and personal portfolio.
Overview
The 2003session heads west to Colorado and Utah. Mapping projects cover large and small sites beginning with the sublime to the more complex in Dinosaur National Park and the San Rafael Swell of Utah, as well as in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado and in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. These projects involve the use of bruntons, topographic and air photo base maps, COCORP seismic in one case, GPS available GIS data bases and cerebral cortices. Final products [which you may keep] will include geologic maps, composite stratigraphic sections, and structural and stratigraphic cross sections, as well as supplemental interpretive reports. You will also use a Geometrics cesium magnetometer and coupled resistivity system in conjunction with a laptop computer, Surfer, and ArcView GIS in one or two projects.
Pending the permission (a year-to-year review process) from the BLM you will also participate in a 3-day dinosaur excavation project in the San Rafael Swell. This is an on-going project involving the collection of dinosaur material from the Morrison Formation. If permission is not granted we will visit other fossil collecting sites or conduct a small structural exercise at Ketobe Knob (see Davis & Reynolds' Structural Geology of Rocks & Regions, figure 1.15).
Note: Field Camp is physically demanding - - you must be in shape. At times you will be required to hike up rugged rocky slopes at elevations as low as 6000 feet up to 11,000 feet in hot weather. So, be sure you are prepared for such respiratory demands.
A typical daily routine begins with breakfast 7:00 am, in-field projects and/or travel until 5 pm, followed by supper. Evenings consists of in-camp student study time in department tents or dorms. Campsites will be in National parks and private campgrounds. You will spend 4-5 days in the dorms of the College of Eastern Utah [Price, UT] for a break from camping. Therefore, you will have some amenities: laundry, showers, study rooms, etc. You will also have access to showers, laundry, phone, etc. at most of the campgrounds, with a few exceptions - - see itinerary for specifics. You will have an in-field mineral, rock, and fossil exam in the field near the end of camp.
Steve Grubbs (Cleveland State
University) and Danielle Cares (University of Rhode Island) work on geologic
map and stratigraphic column - Dinosaur National Monument.
Click here for: 2003itinerary [please read] - final not prepared until around January 2003
Click here for: Camp Equipment Needs [please read]
When we return to Hays, Kansas you will be involved in a 2-3 day environmentally-oriented geophysics project. The task will be to locate, map, evaluate, and submit a report on buried objects using geophysical instruments and GIS. The project will incorporate the field data and GIS techniques in FHSU's GIS Lab. Lastly, there will be a written final exam after the campus project. Again, after evaluation and review, all student projects are returned to the students for their porfolios.
A complete Field Camp Guidebook inclusive of roadlog, projects, grading procedures, rules, phone numbers, and appendix are provided at no extra cost.
Students dinosaur dig project, Utah
Caudal vertebrae recovered Camp 2002
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Must have completed Physical,
Historical, Petrology, Mineralogy, Field Methods, Structural Geology
[or equivalent courses]; Paleontology
recommended but not required.
Resident Basic Fee:
$525 = covers travel, food, camping, and park entrance/vehicle fees.
Non-resident Basic Fee:
$675 = covers travel, food, camping, park entrance/vehicle fees, and FHSU
dorm/food cost.
Credit card cannot
be used to pay the 'fee' part of camp.
Tuition: $615.60 [once pre-enrolled, students will receive a final bill and directions on how to pay from FHSU's Student Fiscal Service Office; note: this tuition amount will be lower due to grants received by Dr. Neuhauser - - FC 2003 will be ~$100 to $180 less depending on final grant amount]. Note: Credit card can be used to pay the tuition part of camp.
Deposit of $100 - due by Friday
February 4, 2003 [deposit is 50% refundable]
If you plan to apply for Student
Loans begin the paper work very early [Dec./Jan] - contact Judy Getty (785.628-4459)
Fee Balance due by April 25,
2003
Out-of-State Students must pay
the additional $25 first-time application fee.
Also, out-of-staters, do
not enroll in any other FHSU classes while taking Field Camp - - higher
tuition fees are assessed.
Breather to take in the view during structural mapping project near Silverton,
Colorado
To tentatively pre-enroll
e-mail Dr. Neuhauser at the e-mail address below to get 'on the list'.
Once your deposit arrives
Dr. Neuhauser will send you
a number of forms to fill out. Once you return those forms and they
are processed you will be officially pre-enrolled.
You will officially fully enrolled when the fee-balance
and
full tuition payment arrives.
Make deposit and fee-balance
checks out to "FHSU Student Fiscal Services" and send directly to
Dr. Neuhauser at
the "snail mail" address
below. Do not send tuition to Dr. Neuhauser. You will
be informed how to pay the tuition by FHSU's Student Fiscal Services after
you are officially pre-enrolled.
Out-of-Staters must report early
up to mid-afternoon of Sunday May 25, 2003 to get you into the dorm.
Note: We will be able to enroll
approximately 4-5out-of-state students for the 2003 Camp; so get on the
list early.
If you arrive by private vehicle, you must leave your vehicle on the FHSU campus. A free parking sticker will be provided. Please e-mail Dr. Neuhauser your state/license plate number and vehicle type/color to get this sticker. Due to Kansas State liability we travel in State Vans. If you arrive by plane or bus, we can pick you up at the airport or bus station [United Express (800.241-6522 or 785.623-4820) and US Airways Express (800.428-4322) fly into Hays; bus service is Greyhound (800.231-2222 or 785.625-9959). Warning: Greyhound bus has messed in the last 2 years by losing luggage and not stopping in Hays at the designated time - - caveat emptor! The airlines have done better.
Shiprock
Durango fires - Missionary Ridge
If interested, contact:
Dr. Kenneth R. Neuhauser,
Director
FHSU Geology Field Studies
Professor of Geosciences
Department of Geosciences
Fort Hays State University
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601
kneuhaus@fhsu.edu
FAX = 785 628-4096
Phone = 785 628-5349
http://www.fhsu.edu/geo
Last update =2/19/03
All photos copyrighted to Dr.
Kenneth R. Neuhauser
Background image is of interdune
ripples, Dinosaur National Park, Utah
What a great group and a great year!!!