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April 2022

April Meeting: Fort Lewis College Geology Senior Projects

April 21, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free – $20

April Meeting: Fort Lewis College Geology Senior Projects Please join us on Thursday, April 21 for a fun meeting that we have every year. This time, the speakers are Fort Lewis College Geology students presenting their senior thesis projects. Each student will give a ~17-minute talk with ~3 minutes for questions. Location: Sitter Family Hall, Fort Lewis College campus Timeline: 5:30 to 6:30 - Happy Hour on the 3rd floor balcony, with student posters set up nearby 6:30 to 8:00…

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May 2022

May meeting – socializing (no talk)

May 19, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Free – $20

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.

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August 2022

FCGS Summer Picnic

August 28, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Junction Creek Campground, Day Use Site

Please join us on Sunday, August 28th from noon to ~4pm for the Annual End-of-Summer Picnic at the Junction Creek Group Campground. Please RSVP right away to help us plan the food: Survey to RSVP:  RSVP to PICNIC

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September 2022

September Meeting: Tim Rynott – The Paradox Basin: A New Frontier for Helium Exploration

September 22, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free – $20

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…

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October 2022

FIELD TRIP: Trails-to-Rails, hiking from Molas Pass down to DSNGRR tracks

October 15, 2022
Free – $65

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”…

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October Meeting: Steve Cumella and Mike Boruta: Drone View of the Geology of the Ouray Area

October 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free – $20

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…

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November 2022

Field Trip to Bisti Badlands (Nov 12)

November 12, 2022 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Free – $10

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…

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November Meeting: Geophysical Imaging of Yellowstone’s Hydrothermal Plumbing System (Carol Finn, USGS)

November 17, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free – $20

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…

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December 2022

December Meeting: Dr. Chris Heine: The Geology behind the Archeology – Mada’in Saleh KSA Petra, Jordan

December 8, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free – $20

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…

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January 2023

January 2023 meeting: Bob Krantz – The Geologic and Fluid Evolution of the Paradox Basin

January 19 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Free – $20

SPEAKER: Bob Krantz (speaker bio below) TITLE: The Geologic and Fluid Evolution of the Paradox Basin ABSTRACT: The Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado has had a long and complex history. In 2017 a team based at the University of Arizona, along with faculty and students from New Mexico Institute of Technology and Fort Lewis College began a four year project to characterize the geologic and fluid evolution of the basin. Specific investigations included structural and tectonic elements,…

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