Geologic Evolution of Western North America Field Trip

A photo of Death Valley.

The view from Bare Mountain.

Here I am in front of a syncline exposed in Monarch Canyon in the Funeral Mountains, Death Valley.

Fellow graduate student Eric Fosset stands on a sheared felsic dike in Monarch Canyon.

An excellent example of 'book rotation' in a shear zone exposed in Monarch Canyon.

This is me in front of a view into Mosaic Canyon in Death Valley.

Michael Wells and Eric Fosset in Mosaic canyon. Michael is pointing at a conglomerate that scoured and was deposited unconformably over Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks.

Michael points to en echelon veins in Mosaic canyon.

Large shear sense indicators in carbonate exposed in Mosaic canyon.

Me at Badwater, Death Valley

Range bounding fault scarp exposed by sun angle at Badwater turtlebacks, Death Valley.

Drag fold at Badwater turtleback.

Fellow grad student Jesse Grady with normal fault exposed at Badwater Turtleback.

Michael talks regional geology with some students at Badwater turtleback.

Basalt dome dextrally offset.

The Wilson Cliffs thrust fault placing Cambrian limestone over Jurassic sandstone.

Kingston Peak diamictite.

Michael with footwall fold below low-angle normal fault at Mormon Pt Turtleback.