Fieldtrips
Elevated view of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, California - Spring 2006, photo by Jason Barnes Fieldtrips are an important part of our planetary sciences curriculum, as our own planet is the best laboratory to see the outcome of processes common to many planets. You learn more in 3-5 days out in the field than inside a classroom all semester.
PTYS 594a - Planetary Geology Field Practicum
The semester field trip explores interesting planetary analouges around the Southwest, and occassionally embarks on a week-long trip to distant locales such as Yellowstone and Washington State.
- Southern California: Beach Processes - Spring 2008 (May)
- Southern New Mexico - Fall 2007
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Spring 2007
- K/T Boundary, Southern Colorado - Fall 2006
- Death Valley, California - Spring 2006
- Baja California, Mexico - Fall 2005
- Sentinel Volcanic Field, Arizona - Spring 2005
- Canyonlands, Utah - Fall 2004
- West Texas - Spring 2004
- White Mountains + Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Fall 2003
- Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona - Spring 2003
- Washington State - Fall 2002
- Beach Processes, Southern California - Spring 2002
- Southern New Mexico - Spring 2001
- Death Valley, California - Fall 2000
- K/T Boundary, Southern Colorado - Spring 2000
- Havasupai Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona - Fall 1999
- Canyonlands, Utah - Spring 1999
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Fall 1998
- Baja California, Mexico - Spring 1998
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - Fall 1997
- Southern New Mexico - Spring 1997
- White Mountains, Arizona - Spring 1996
- Nevada Test Site - Fall 1995
- Beach Processes, Southern California - Fall 1994
- Grand Canyon - Spring 1994
- Superstition Mountains, Arizona - Fall 1993
- Southern California - Spring 1993
- White Sands, New Mexico + Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona - Fall 1992
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Spring 1992
PTYS 554 - Planetary Surfaces
The core class has 2 short fieldtrips as part of its curriculum, one to Pinacates Volcanic Field, Sonora, Mexico, and the other to Meteor Crater, Arizona.
- Meteor Crater, Arizona - Spring 2007
- Pinacates Volcanic Field, Sonora, Mexico - Spring 2007
- Meteor Crater, Arizona - Spring 2005
- Pinacates Volcanic Field, Sonora, Mexico - Spring 2005