Field work (and play) in western Montana, summer 2003

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Part 1: UO Geology Field Camp

Skip to Part 2: Field Work in the Grasshopper Basin

Part 1: UO Geology Field Camp

What a fun group!

Now let me explain, this is how pediments form . . . uh huh, yeah.

Excellent mapping in Frying Pan Gulch . . .

. . . awsome prickly pears too!

Doc Taco and a few of the nacho boys (sensu latte)

Reed and T.C. - thanks!

A fateful 4th of July hike, started innocently enough . . .

Gee this looks easy . .

Well, it's not as steep as it looks . . .

. . . but it sure is cold!

The view from Mt Tweedy

All's well that ends well . . .

Part 2: Field Work with Susanne Janecke in the Tertiary Grasshopper Basin

Nice to have visitors! Amy, Sanjeev, and Susanne

Susanne and Paul, the DZ guy

View of Grasshopper Basin looking north

A detachment fault runs through it . . . Bannock State Park

Did you say "Detachment Fault"??

I can tell the transport direction (true or false)

I can tell the transport direction (true or false)

I can tell the transport direction (true or false)

Moxey (sp?) likes geology . . .

. . . these guys like geology too!

Mapper hard at work

Fluvial sedimentology with coal beds . . .

. . . and metasequoia leaves (?)

sad to leave such a beautiful place . . .

. . . but Oregon is pretty beautiful too.

All images and text prepared by Becky Dorsey, July 2003.