Field Trips Geology of the Galisteo Basin, New Mexico
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2016 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $115 Early/$135 Regular
(includes box lunch, snacks, water & transportation) Leader: Alvis L. Lisenbee, MEM-1747 and Bruce Allen
This field trip will examine Cretaceous and Paleogene strata involved in the complex relationship of Laramide and Rio Grande rift evolution in the Galisteo topographic basin south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Within the area, at least two periods of Laramide tectonism (uplift and basin formation) are recognized. Rio Grande rift development reactivated the NE-trending Tijeras-Cañoncito fault system, which extends from Albuquerque to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This structural zone separates the northerly plunging Estancia basin on the south from the Santa Fe embayment of the Espanola basin to the north (both related to the rift). Within the Santa Fe embayment deformed strata as young as the Oligocene Espinaso Volcanics are domed along the east flank of the Cerrillos igneous center. Cretaceous/Jurassic sandstone adjacent to the Tijeras- Cañoncito fault zone contains the only oil produced within the Rio Grande rift.
The High Road to Taos Pueblo
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $99 Early/$119 Regular
(includes snacks, water & transportation) Lunch is on your own.
Leader: John Sorrell, CPG-11366
This full day field trip will pass through granites and asso- ciated metamorphic rocks of the southern Rocky Mountains. Beginning in Santa Fe, the bus will travel to Hyde Park and the Santa Fe ski basin. The route will then take us along the Pueblos of Tesuque, Pojoaque, and Nambe. We will proceed to the historic Spanish village of Chimayo and the Chimayo Trading & Merchantile. There, local native artisans will be demonstrating Native American pottery making and Kachina carving. Lunch will be on your own at the award winning Rancho
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de Chimayo (James Beard Foundation’s 2016 American Classics Award). The trip will resume with a drive through the villages of Truchas, Ojo Sarco, Las Trampas, Picuris Pueblo, Penasco, Llano San Juan and Vadito. We will arrive in Taos and make a brief visit to the Taos Pueblo and meet some of their leaders. There may be time for a short shopping trip in the Taos plaza. The return trip to Santa Fe will take us through the Rio Grande Gorge where we will stop at an overlook to view the gorge and rift related shield volcanoes. A final stop is at the historic USGS Embudo Gaging Station, one of the oldest continuous readings on records.
Paleontology and Geology of Ghost Ranch
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016 Time: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Cost: $115 Early/$135 Regular
(includes snacks, water, transportation, and cost of the museum)
Leader: Kate Zeigler, CPG-11803
Come explore the world-renowned paleontology and geology at Ghost Ranch. Located in northern New Mexico, captivating scenery is intimately linked with amazing science. Ghost Ranch is the home of the famous little dinosaur and New Mexico state fossil, Coelophysis. It is also where Georgia O’Keefe spent much of her time painting and exploring the region. On this excur- sion, we will visit the paleontology museum and learn the story of Coelophysis, as well as hike the Chimney Rock trail, which affords stunning views of the Chama Basin.
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