Day 1

Monday, May 7, 2001

           IUN campus, Gary - Ponca State Park, Nebraska

Day 2

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

            Ponca State Park to Ashfall Fossil Beds

            Guided visit to the site: Ashfall Fossil Beds

            Topic: Late Cenozoic volcanism and Ashfall site

            Ashfall to Badlands

Day 3

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

            Topic: Badlands .

            Badlands to Hot Springs

Day 4

Thursday, May 10, 2001

            Topic: Karst in Black Hills area

            Wind Cave visit

            Mammoth site visit  

Day 5

Friday, May 11, 2001

            Topic: Black Hills, igneous petrology

            Visit Mount Rushmore N.M.

            Drive to Devil’s Tower

            Topic: Devil’s Tower, igneous petrology

Day 6

Saturday, May 12, 2001

            Devil’s Tower to Greybull

            Stop in Sheridan’s visitor center

            Topic: Bighorn Mountains; Paleozoic stratigraphy

Day 7

Sunday, May 13, 2001

Topics: 1. Mesozoic stratigraphy of Bighorn Basin

2. Sheep Mt. Anticline , Devil’s Kitchen Dome

3. Eolian carbonates of Sundance Formation.

Day 8

Monday, May 14, 2001

Major  Exercise:
Measuring the section along the SW flank of Sheep Mountain.

Day 9

Tuesday, May 15, 2001

            Topic: Absaroka volcanics

Day 10

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

            Greybull to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

            Topic: Hot Springs

Day 11

Thursday, May 17, 2001

            Scottsbluff, NE to Council Bluffs, IA

            Topic: Cenozoic eolianites

Day 12

Friday, May 18, 2001