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Thursday: Tucson to Las Vegas

The fauna of the region.

The fauna of the region.

The flora of the region.

The flora of the region.

Lunch stop at Burro Creek bridge.

Lunch stop at Burro Creek bridge.

Thursday morning, 7 a.m.

Thursday morning, 7 a.m.

The Keystone Thrust Fault, part of the Las Vegas Shear Zone, pushed older limestones up over young, red sandstones. Zibi in the foreground for scale.

The Keystone Thrust Fault, part of the Las Vegas Shear Zone, pushed older limestones up over young, red sandstones. Zibi in the foreground for scale.

Those wacky young-uns do the YMCA. Later in the trip, they impress everyone by spelling other four-letter words.

Those wacky young-uns do the YMCA. Later in the trip, they impress everyone by spelling other four-letter words.

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2022 Mojave Desert
2021 Chiricahua National Monument
2019 Zuni Bandera
2019 White Sands
2018 Death Valley
2018 Canyon de Chelly
2017 Page, Arizona
2009 Remote Sensing & the Mojave
2009 Geronimo/San Bernadino Volcanic Field, Arizona
2008 Water, Chemistry, and Fire - Eastern Arizona
2008 Beach Processes, Southern California
2007 Southern New Mexico: Kilbourne Hole, White Sands, and Carrizozo Lava Flow
2007 Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Fall 2006 - Raton Basin, Colorado
Spring 2006 - Death Valley, California
Fall 2005 - Baja California, Mexico
Spring 2005 - Sentinel Volcanic Field, Arizona
2004 West Texas
Fall 2004 - Canyonlands
2003 White Mountains and Canyon de Chelly
2003 Chiricahua Mountains
2002 Washington State: A Planetary Analogue in Flood Basalts and Flood Channels
2002 Beach Processes
2001 Southern New Mexico
2000 K/T Boundary and the Valles Caldera
2000 Death Valley
1999 Havasupai
1999 Canyonlands
- 1999 Table of Contents - Canyonlands
- 1999 Editor's Introduction
1998 Baja, Mexico
1998 Canyon de Chelly and the Salt River Canyon
1997 White Sands and Black Caverns: Southern New Mexico
1997 Yellowstone National Park
1996 Fire and Ice: The White Mountains
1995 Nevada Test Site
1994 Grand Canyon and Geology of the Colorado Plateau
1994 Beach Processes and Geology of Southern California
1993 Geology of Southern California
1993 Superstition Mountains and Geology of Central Arizona
1992 Canyon de Chelly and the Salt River Canyon
1992 White Sands and Geology of the Chiricahua Mountains

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