EAS Undergraduate Students Spend Week in Big Bend National Park Learning Field Methods
Each spring, EAS geology and environmental science majors spend their break learning the basics of field geology in Big Bend National Park. The trip is part of the GEOL 3340 course on Field Methods.
Students spent the week learning a variety of skills by documenting basic field observations, measuring stratigraphic sections, and creating a geologic map.
This year the trip was led by EAS faculty member Dr. Alex Robinson. These photos give a quick idea of the skills and teamwork experienced during the trip.
Big Bend field trip class photo in front of an anticline at Parsimmon Gap at the eastern entrance of Big Bend National Park. The fold records the eastern deformation front of the Laramide Orogeny in Texas.
After completing their field final, EAS students cool off in the Rio Grande River at Boquillas Canyon in Big Bend National Park.
EAS students map Cretaceous stratigraphy along the flank of Dagger Mountain, Big Bend National Park. Students spent a week learning a variety of skills by documenting basic field observations, measuring stratigraphic sections, and creating a geologic map.
Field Methods students work hard to create their geologic maps at the Stillwell Ranch campgrounds where UH geology students have camped for over 20 years during spring field trips.
