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Sonoran Studies Public Programs
The Tucson Mountain Chaos
FULLDid you know that there are house-sized blocks of exotic sandstone, andesite and fossil-bearing limestone encapsulated in the Tucson Mountain volcanic mass? And have you heard about the dinosaur knees? Join geologist Doug Shakel on a roadside and trailside discussion of this rock mess, and it's evolving interpretation.
The first trip segment will comprise a traverse along Sweetwater Drive, where the largest of the exotic blocks in the Tucson Mountain Chaos are evident. The second part discusses features in a one-to-two hour walk mostly along a sandy wash next to Trails End Road. The third and final segment will include stops at several locations along Gates Pass Road, including the Gates Pass Overlook. We will van and carpool this trip.
About your Instructor:
Professor Shakel has geology degrees from Caltech and the University of Arizona, and has lived in Tucson for more than 40 years. Now retired, he enjoyed a teaching career at the U of A, the University of Idaho, and nearly 30 years at Pima Community College, where he led innumerable field trips for geology students including more than a half dozen extended trips to overseas locations on three different continents."
Dates: Nov 21, 2009 - Nov 21, 2009
Times: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
All open seats for this class have been filled. However, if you would like to register and be put on a waiting list should a seat become available, please register here. We will contact you if space becomes available.
