Doug Damery's Colorado Plateau Studies
Summer 2003
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Dr. Hanson and Doug Damery at a" hornito" along the Lava Flow Trail at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. A hornito is a spatter cone that forms when a hole in the crust of solidifying lava cracked and lava from below "spattered' out forming a small vent.. |
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Doug was an Earth Science Teacher Education major at Adrian College. In 2003, he received a Cranson Award from Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association.that allowed him to travel to the southwestern US to take photographs and collect rock and mineral samples for use in the clasroom. He spent nearly a week at Bonito Campground, just across the road from Sunset Crater Volcano NM. Working with Dr. Hanson in her research area, he learned firsthand about volcanos . He went from there to numerous parks in the southwest where he gained valuable experiences and rock samples that he was able to take back to the classroom where he teaches high school science. Below are a few photo's of a few of the places Doug visited. |
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Doug checking out the petrified wood at Petrified
Forest National Park, AZ
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Meteor Crater, an impact crater that formed when an
object impacted the Earth ~50,000 years ago
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| No geology trip to the southwestern US is complete without a visit to the Grand Canyon to see the spectular exposures representing the Precambian to the Permian. | ||
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To the right is Lava River Cave, a lava tube that
formed when lava flowing below a solid crust ceased to flow and left
a "tunnel" behind. This lava tube is just northwest of Flagstaff,
AZ.
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