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University of Akron Geology Field Camp

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Itinerary - 2009

Date	Activity
May 30,31	Travel to South Dakota (One geology stop second day at Ashfall  in Nebraska)
June 1	Field Trip: Geology of Badlands National Park. Travel to Rapid City
June 2	Exercise 1: How to measure a stratigraphic section.  Geology of the Black Hills & Lower Paleozoic.
June 3	Exercise 1: Geology of the Black Hills including Upper Paleozoic & Mesozoic Section
June 4	Field Trip: Southern Black Hills - Jewel Cave National Monument and Mammoth Hot Springs
June 5	Exercise 2 - Pace & Compass map I: Little Elk Creek
June 6	Field Trip:  Mt. Rushmore. Introduction to mapping techniques in igneous and metamorphic rocks .
June 7	DAY-OFF
June 8	Exercise 3 - Pace & Compass map II: Iron Mountain
June 9	Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo
June 10	Exercise 4: Outcrop mapping on a topographic base map: Nemo
June 11	Field Trip: Geology of the Powder River basin, including Devils Tower. Travel from Rapid City to Bearlodge, WY
June 12	Field Trip: Geology of the Bighorn Mountains. Introduction to Mesozoic section
June 13	Travel from Bear Lodge to Powell, WY Introduction to Mesozoic section and mapping geologic structures
June 14	Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin.
June 15	Exercise 5: Mapping geologic structures in the Bighorn Basin.
June 16	Field Trip: Geology of the Beartooth Mountains. Travel from Powell to Yellowstone National Park.
June 17	Geology of Yellowstone National Park and surrounding regions
June 18	Travel from Yellowstone National Park to Powell. Geology of the Heart Mountain Detachment.
June 19	GFC 2: Exercise 6: Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Bighorn Basin	GFC 1: Chamberlain SD
June 20	Exercise 6: Mesozoic Stratigraphy of the Bighorn Basin	GFC 1: Travel to Iowa City, IA
June 21	Exercise 7: Goose Egg Anticline solo mapping project, Bighorn Basin	GFC 1: Travel to Akron, OH
June 22	Exercise 7: Goose Egg Anticline solo mapping project, Bighorn Basin
June 23	Day off Cody
June 24	Exercise 8: Geomorphology of the Elk Basin Powell WY
June 25	Exercise 8: Geomorphology of the Elk Basin Powell WY
June 26	Field Trip: Geology of central Wyoming. Travel from Powell to Rawlins WY
June 27	Exercise 9: Stratigraphy of the Seminoe Mountains.
June 28	Exercise 9: Stratigraphy of the Seminoe Mountains.
June 29	Exercise 10: Geology of Seminoe Reservoir
June 30	Exercise 10: Geology of Seminoe Reservoir.
July 1	Exercise 10: Geology of Seminoe Reservoir.
June 2	Exercise 10: Geology of Seminoe Reservoir.
July 3	Exercise 10: Geology of Seminoe Reservoir.
July 4	Travel To Corralville Iowa
July 5	. Travel to Akron, OH

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modified by Verne Friberg 04/14/09

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