Gallery

Field Research Photos

Photos from Sed Group students' field research. Locations represented: New Zealand; Patagonia (Chile & Argentina); Montana & Idaho.

Beach

Nukuhakari Station, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Beach

Waikawau Beach, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Green

Waikato region, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Rocks

Waikawau Beach, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Layers

Castlepoint, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Sky

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Turbidites

Turbidites on end, Castlepoint, New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

sky

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Three students walking

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Mountain range

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Two pumas walking away

Pumas in Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Layers

Horse Prairie Basin fieldwork - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Fossil leaf

Fossil leaf, Horse Prairie Basin - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Fossil

Fossil gastropods, Lemhi Pass - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Range

Muddy Creek Basin fieldwork - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Changing a flat tire

Sage Creek Basin fieldwork - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Petrified tree stump

Petrified tree stump, Sage Creek Basin - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Range

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Sky

2014 New Zealand - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Student in field of rocks

Patagonia - Photo Theresa Schwartz

SED Group Field Trips

A few photos from some of the field trips the Sed Group or its members have taken in past years. Field trips represented here include Canadian Rockies (2012); Black Diamond Mine, CA (2013); Stump Beach, CA (2013); Convergent Margins/Sierra-to-Sea, CA (2014); New Idria, CA (2014); and Book Cliffs, UT (2015).

Snow

Mafic inclusions in granite, overlooking Donner Lake, Sierra Nevada - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Student next to rockface

Convergent Margins trip 2014 - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Soft-sediment folds in deltaic strata

Soft-sediment folds in deltaic strata (New Idria, CA) - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Rockface

Domengine Formation, New Idria, CA - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Rockface

2013 Stump Beach, CA - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Finger pointing to a measurement stick

2013 Stump Beach, CA - Photo Lauren Shumaker

Students

Distal foredeep deposits (Book Cliffs, 2015) - Photo Nora Nieminski

Student touching rockface

(Book Cliffs, 2015) - Photo Nora Nieminski

Rockface strata

Panther Tongue parasequences (Book Cliffs, 2015) - Photo Nora Nieminski

Strata

(Book Cliffs, 2015) - Photo Nora Nieminski

Finger pointing at a rock wall

2013 Black Diamond Mine, CA - Photo Nora Nieminski

Finger pointing at a rock wall

2013 Black Diamond Mine, CA - Photo Nora Nieminski

Rockface

Fault plane in San Francisco - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Students

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Xiaowei Li

Overlook

Blaze Canyon overlook (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Xiaowei Li

Group

2014 Convergent Margins, CA - Photo Devon Orme

Synorogenic conglomerates

Synorogenic conglomerates at East Canyon (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Xiaowei Li

Blue sky and strata

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Three students

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Rockface

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Mural

Cultural diversions (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Group

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Three students pointing over road

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Two students

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy in evening light (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Riverbed

Green River (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Group

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Rockface

(Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Trough cross-strata

Trough cross-strata (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Hummocky cross-strata

Hummocky cross-strata (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Students in front of rockface

Parasequences up close (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Strata

2012 Canadian Rockies, Drumheller - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Synorogenic conglomerates

Synorogenic conglomerates (Book Cliffs 2015) - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Fossil

2012 Canadian Rockies, Burgess Shale - Photo Theresa Schwartz

Group

2014 New Idria, CA - Photo Nora Nieminski

Group of hikers along a steep trail

2012 Canadian Rockies, Burgess Shale - Photo Theresa Schwartz