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Dec. 1, 2018: AGS Field Trip: "In the Footsteps of R. T. Hill--Geologic Excursions in Honor of Edward W. Collins"


"In the Footsteps of R. T. Hill-

-Geologic Excursions in Honor of Edward W. Collins"

Saturday, December 1st 9am - 3pm


Leaders:  Pete Rose, Chock Woodruff, and Jeff Paine

Stops include:

  • - A reexamination of R.T. Hill’s type section(s) of the Edwards Limestone (worked up by Pete Rose)

  • - An examination of slope failure in the Edwards along the Barton Creek Greenbelt (by Chock Woodruff)

  • -A geophysical investigation of the interface between Q alluvial terraces and the underlying Glen Rose Limestone (by Jeff Paine)

Sign up with Charlotte Sullivan after the meeting: Or email charlotte.sullivan@pnnl.gov

Photograph from Hill and Vaughn, 1895

Photograph from Hill and Vaughn, 1895

RT Hill Field Trip Slide.jpg



Earlier Event: November 5
AGS Meeting (November 5): Reconstruction of Holocene coupling between the South America Monsoon System and local moisture variability from speleothem δ18O and 87Sr/86Sr records
Later Event: December 3
AGS Meeting (December 3): Tectonic History and Metallogeny of Mexico with Focus on Epithermal Deposits of Copper Canyon, Chihuahua