Comments on: Friday Field Foto #83: Cross-stratified volcanogenic sands

By: on-the-rocks

on-the-rocks — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:22:40 +0000

I regret not having picked up a few more of the cored lava bombs around Kilbourne Hole, when I was a UTEP grad student. I also regret not having taken a few more photographs there and in parts of the Aden/Afton Basalts (other than my thesis area).

It does bring back fond memories. Kilbourne Hole is also a good place for rattlesnakes. And rumor had it that someone had seen a Gila Monster there, also.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:15:15 +0000

Ron … wow, that’s impressive!

By: Ron Schott

Ron Schott — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:39:51 +0000

You can see them all on a Google Map on my User Profile page on the GigaPan.org site: http://www.gigapan.org/viewProfile.php?userid=1252

Be patient, though – it takes a minute or two to load because I’ve got so many GigaPans on the site.

By: BrianR

BrianR — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:50:48 +0000

Mark … thanks … the Mag Basin guidebook is only $20 for student members. Currently, that’s the cheapest way for me to show people those rocks. :)

Ron … do you have a link to a single map w/ distribution of all your Gigpans?

By: Ron Schott

Ron Schott — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:48:26 +0000

I’ve trained you well, young Jedi. I don’t even have to comment for you to reflexively check to see if I’ve GigaPanned the locality. :-)

There are a few good geological localities that I haven’t GigaPanned yet, but I’ll be working on rectifying that situation this summer.

By: Mark Sitton

Mark Sitton — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:44:59 +0000

Those are great bedforms, Brian! I was reading the March ‘The Sedimentary Record’ from SEPM and was happy to see your field trip guide book from the Magallanas Basin in the bookstore, congrats!