For this May's meeting, we will be meeting on the FLC campus for a social get-together without a speaker. Details below: Where: 3rd floor balcony of Sitter Family Hall (Geology building at FLC campus) When: 5:30 to 7:30 PM What: hanging out, enjoying food and drinks and a BIG view! Please pay ($20) online or RSVP to pay at the door.

Speaker: Tim Rynott, Four Corners Helium Title: The Paradox Basin: A New Frontier for Helium Exploration Date: Thursday, Sep 22, 2022 Time and Locations: 5:30 - 6:30 Happy hour on 3rd floor balcony of Sitter Family Hall on the Fort Lewis College campus 6:30 - 8:00, talk and raffle drawing in SFH710 (first floor of same building)   NOTE - due to the sensitivity of some of the information shared in this talk, it will be presented as an in-person…

Topographic map showing route and elevation profile. Joint FCGS, FLC Geo Club and Gem & Mineral Club Field Trip Description: Join trip leaders David Gonzales and Mary Gillam on the bus ride from town up to Molas Lake.  Hike through the fall colors from Molas Lake down to Elk Park, in the Animas River gorge, following part of the Colorado Trail.  The hike starts near the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian contact and continues down section crossing Basal Conglomerates that overlie the “Great Unconformity”…

Please join us for another great fall meeting! SPEAKER: Steve Cumella and Mike Boruta TITLE: Drone View of the Geology of the Ouray Area DATE: Thursday, October 20, 2022 TIME: 5:30 - 6:30 pm: HAPPY HOUR Drinks and Food on the 3rd Floor Balcony of Sitter Family Hall, FLC Campus 6:30 pm - 8 pm: Speaker, Society business and Raffle in SFH Room #710, Sitter Family Hall (Geology Building), Fort Lewis College. A DRONE VIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE…

Geology of Bisti Badlands, San Juan Co, N.M. - Nov 12, 2022 Signup NOW:  Limited to 20 Members  Registration Fee is $10/person We will examine and discuss the K-T boundary and the controversy over the timing of dinosaur extinction with Jim Fassett, long-time San Juan Basin expert.  Then we will continue on to the Bisti Wilderness Area to view and discuss world class badlands topography. Download a flyer with more info and enticing photographs here:  Bisti_announcement. Itinerary: Meet in Office…

Geophysical Imaging of Yellowstone's Hydrothermal Plumbing System Carol Finn, USGS Abstract: The nature of Yellowstone National Park’s plumbing system linking deep thermal fluids to its legendary thermal features is virtually unknown. The prevailing concepts of Yellowstone hydrology and chemistry are that fluids reside in reservoirs with unknown geometries, flow laterally from distal sources and emerge at the edges of lava flows. Here we present a high-resolution synoptic view of pathways of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system derived from electrical resistivity and…

FLC Geology major poster session (5-7 pm, Student Union Ballroom) Fort Lewis College Geology majors will be presenting their senior thesis projects from 5-7 PM in the Student Union Ballroom (Along with dozens of other majors!). FCGS attendees are invited and encouraged to come find the students to see the results of their hard work. Here is a list of students and speakers: Chandler La Duke - Water in the Desert: Stratigraphic Architecture, aquifer heterogeneity, and arsenic in the Jurassic…