MEA599: Regional Geology – Southern New Mexico & Texas
1 credit – October 8 to 12, 2022 (Fall Break)
Open to MEAS Geology Majors and graduate students
Faculty: Dr. Ethan Hyland (ehyland@ncsu.edu) and TBD
Day 1 Flight from Raleigh to El Paso; Drive to White Sands Nat’l Park
Day 2 White Sand Dunes (AM); Basin & Range Faulting & Paleozoic Stratigraphy, Sacramento Mtns (PM)
Day 3 Carlsbad Caverns Nat’l Park
Day 4 Guadalupe Mountains Nat’l Park; (the famous Permian Reef and highest point in Texas)Day 5 Return to El Paso – Fly to RDU
Students are responsible for airfare.