Day 1 Journey to the Permian Shelf/Basin and Beyond
9/21/2018 Our first day of this journey was primarily a day of travel and coordination. I, along with my sedimentary petrology classmates and Dr. Bogdan Onac of University of South Florida, departed Tampa International Airport by our airlines of choosing to rendezvous...
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Day 2 Permian Geology Trail at Guadalupe National Park
9/22/2018 Our second day brought us to Guadalupe National Park to hike (my favorite hobby) the Permian Trail. This hike begins at McKkitrick Canyon and ascends up the Guadalupe Mountains towards Capitan Reef. The trail has a series of marked points along your way...
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Day 3 Roadcuts and Outcrops
9/23/2018 The third day of our trip was spent visiting a variety of different formations that we were able to observe via roadcut outcrops. These roadcuts enabled us to be able to see a more detailed look at some of the formations we haven't been able to view because...
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Day 4 White Sands National Monument, NW
9/24/2018 Our trip to White Sands National Monument was mostly for enjoyment. However, once we arrived there is a great deal of geologic differences we saw in the geomorphology and tectonics of the basin area where White Sands formed in comparison to the Delaware...
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Day 5 Carlsbad Caverns National Park
9/25/2018 Our final day of field examinations brought us to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Many believe Carlsbad Caverns to the most beautiful publically accessable cave system in the world. There are over 50 km of different cavern routes in this majestic site and...
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