Spring 2003 Field Trip - Chiricahua Mountains

02-04 May 2003


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Background

This semester, the Planetary Geology Field Practicum (PTYS 594A) took us on a local trip to southwestern Arizona. We hunted for meteorites on Wilcox Playa, tripped through the Chiricahua Mouintains, and mined copper to defray field trip costs on the Mogollon Rim.


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Date: 02 May 2003 Jason talks about granites.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Hanging out on aforementioned granites.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Mandy talks about spheroidal weathering, a field trip favorite.
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Date: 02 May 2003 (Ralph) Lorenz of Arabia.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Joe sips from a canteen.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Jani catches some rays.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Ralph checks out what the gards are scrounging.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Rachel, Ross, and Abby snatch one of the few shady spots around.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Telescopic view of the sun (with sunspots).
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Date: 02 May 2003 Ralph brough along a telescope with a solar filter.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Jani talks about ancient Lake Cochise.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Dante demonstrates proper (improper?) use of a metal detector for meteorite hunting purposes.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Starting to look for meteorites on Wilcox Playa.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Water or mirage?
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Date: 02 May 2003 Meteorite hunters.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Gareth adjusts the gravimeter.
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Date: 02 May 2003 Joe talks about the clay dunes along the eastern "shore" of Wilcox Playa.
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Date: 03 May 2003 John Keller discusses lichens.
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Date: 03 May 2003 View from Echo Canyon overlook in the Chiricahuas.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Jonathan discusses paleoseismology.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Carl talks about the Great Sonoran Earthquake of 1887.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Rock columns not knocked down by paleoearthquakes.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Fred hikes up the trail from the Sugarloaf overlook.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Cochise's head.
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Date: 03 May 2003 View from the firetown over the Sugarloaf overlook.
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Date: 03 May 2003 Fred's face in front of Cochise's face.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Moi.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Rachel talks about Lake Animas (which is gone now).
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Date: 04 May 2003 Spires.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Contemplating the Mogollon Rim.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Mike educates us about the Mogollon Rim.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Matt educates us about volcanism along the Mogollon Rim.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Hanging out over the Great Pit of the Mordenci-Clifton copper mine.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Jim discusses the El Capitan landslide.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Close-up of the landslide scarp and toe.
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Date: 04 May 2003 Curtis talks about diatomites.


Mosaics

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Links

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Author: Peter Lanagan (planagan@lpl.arizona.edu)
Last updated: 27 Oct 2003