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				Field Camp, Winter Portion Itinerary: January 3-12, 2009
				Road to Big Bend National Park
				Instructors: Drs. Tim Duex and Carl Richter Tentative Itinerary 2 January, 2009 Load gear between 2 and 3 pm in Madison parking lot 3 January—Day 1 Departure: 8 am Lafayette through Houston to San Antonio, Tx via I-10. Continue W on US 90 to Del Rio, TX Total mileage: ~550 mi. Night: Motel 6 in Del Rio. 4 January—Day 2 Del Rio, TX, to Marthon on US 90; turn S on US 365 to Big Bend National Park. Total mileage: ~250 mi Set up camp in Chisos Basin group campground (nights of 4 - 10 January). Introduction to field camp procedures and Big Bend National Park. Marathon Uplift and Trans-Pecos Provinces. 5 January—Day 3 Tour of Big Bend NP; Introduction to Field Camp; Overview of regional geology and stratigraphy 6 January—Day 4 Mapping Project—Blacktail Peak area map. 7 January—Day 5 Begin Tunnel area map and section: Measure stratigraphic section and begin mapping project; Project due: 5 pm January 29, 2007. 8 January—Day 6 Mapping Project—Tunnel area Day 2 9 January—Day 7 Measure section near Cerro Castellan and begin of mapping project; Project due 5 pm January 29, 2007. 10 January—Day 8 Finish mapping Project at Cerro Castellan. 11 January—Day 9 Close camp and travel from BBNP to San Antonio, TX, via US 90, 385, and I-10. Total mileage: ~300 mi Laramide and Marathon orogenies; lithologies Night: Travelodge San Antonio, TX. 12 January—Day 10 Return to Lafayette, LA, from San Antonio, TX, via I-10. Total mileage: ~400 mi

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