Workshop Program
Workshop Participants (Microsoft Word 27kB Jan14 04)
Agenda
Tuesday, July 8
Pick-up by airport shuttles, check-in at Montana State University.
6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 - 8:00 PM Opening remarks and field trip overview (Microsoft Word 28kB Dec1 03).
- Field Trip Considerations (Microsoft Word 48kB Dec1 03)
- Field Trips (Microsoft Word 34kB Dec5 03)
- Field Notes (Microsoft Word 49kB Dec10 03)
- Field Trip Policy (Microsoft Word 30kB Dec3 03)
- Reflections on the values and ethics about sampling at classic geological locations
- Geissman, J.W., Marion, R., and Smyers, N., 1987, Paleomagnetic sampling using portable drilling equipment; virtue, vice, and/or criminal offense?: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 68;30, p. 650.
- Montana State University Experiential Education Program
Wednesday, July 9
6:45 AM Breakfast
7:30 AM Vans depart for all day field trip to the Stillwater Complex.
- The Stillwater Complex: A Review of the Geology (Microsoft Word 1.4MB Nov19 03)
- Stratigraphic Column (Acrobat (PDF) 146kB Nov19 03)
- The Mountain View area of the Stillwater Complex as a field teaching model (Microsoft Word 53kB Nov19 03)
~6:00 PM Dinner at Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association (Microsoft Word 27kB Dec1 03) field camp in Red Lodge. Lodging at Chateau Rouge and Best Western in Red Lodge.
Thursday, July 10
7:00 AM Breakfast At Chateau Rouge
All Day field trip to Beartooth Highway, into Yellowstone National Park.
- Field Trip and Exercises (Microsoft Word 57kB Dec1 03)
- Migmatites and related rocks
- Selected Features of the Precambrian rocks of the eastern Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming (Microsoft Word 575kB Dec1 03)
- Data for metasupracrustal rocks of Hellroaring Plateau (Microsoft Word 959kB Dec1 03)
- Data for the plutonic complex of the Long Lake area (Microsoft Word 917kB Dec1 03)
- Useful References on the eastern Beartooth Mountains (Microsoft Word 46kB Dec1 03)
- Mafic Dykes of the Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming (Microsoft Word 4.6MB Dec1 03)
Selected Literature
- Mueller, P.A., Locke, W.W., Wooden, J.L., 1987, A study in contrasts; Archean and Quaternary geology of the Beartooth Highway, Montana and Wyoming, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2: Boulder, Geological Society of America, p.75-78.
- Pierce, W.G., 1987, Heart Mountain detachment fault and clastic dikes of fault breccia, and Heart Mountain break-away fault, Wyoming and Montana, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2: Boulder, Geological Society of America, p.147-154.
~6:00 PM Arrive Yellowstone National Park, Canyon Village
Dinner in Canyon Village cafeteria
Friday, July 11
7:00 AM Breakfast in Canyon Village cafeteria
All Day field trip in Yellowstone National Park (more info) , caldera and geothermal features
- Volcanology and Petrology of Interbedded Andesitic Lava Flows and Volcaniclastic Rocks from Washburn Volcano, Yellowstone National Park (Acrobat (PDF) 1.5MB Dec18 07)
- Yellowstone Thought Questions (Microsoft Word 27kB Dec1 03) and figures
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- Perkins and Nash, 2002, Location and tectonic setting of the Yellowstone hotspot track (Acrobat (PDF) 200kB Dec1 03)
- Smith, R.B. and L. Siegel, 2000, Yellowstone-Snake River Plain map
- Smith, R.B. and L. Siegel, 2000, Seismicity of Yellowstone region, 1973-1996
- Focal depths, courtesy of Bob Smith, University of Utah
- Perkins and Nash, 2002, Silicic volcanism of the Yellowstone hotspot (Acrobat (PDF) 133kB Dec1 03)
- Space-time progression of Yellowstone hotspot (Acrobat (PDF) 93kB Dec1 03), courtesy of Barbara Nash and Mike Perkins, University of Utah
- Isotopic history of Yellowstone hotspot (Acrobat (PDF) 107kB Dec1 03), courtesy of Barbara Nash and Mike Perkins, University of Utah
- Christiansen, R.L., 2001, Major ash flow tuffs and stratigraphic units of Yellowstone (Microsoft Word 53kB Dec1 03)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Two Sulfolobus Harboring Hot Spring Systems: Rabbit Creek and Ragged Hills, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA (Microsoft Word 1.7MB Dec2 03)
- A Field Overview of the Aqueous Chemistry, Travertine Mineralization, and Microbiology of Angel Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park (Microsoft Word 2.4MB Dec2 03)
Selected Literature
- Christiansen, R.L., Hutchinson, R.A., 1987, Rhyolite-basalt volcanism of the Yellowstone Plateau and hydrothermal activity of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2: Boulder, Geological Society of America, p. 165-172.
- Richmond, G.M., 1987, Geology and evolution of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2: Boulder, Geological Society of America, p. 155-160.
- Christiansen, R.L., Embree, G.F., 1987, Island Park Idaho: transition from rhyolites of the Yellowstone Plateau to basalts of the Snake River Plain, in Beus, S.S., ed., Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Centennial Field Guide v. 2: Boulder, Geological Society of America, p. 103-108.
~5:30 PM Swimming and Western barbeque at Chico Hot Springs
~10:00 PM Return to Montana State University
Saturday, July 12
8:30 Welcome remarks and charge for the day
9:00 Discussion I - What should be in a petrology course? (Microsoft Word 21kB Nov20 03)
- Results of survey: What are we currently teaching? (Excel 32kB Apr20 04)
- Workshop Summary (Microsoft Word 27kB Nov20 03)
10:00 Report out
10:15 BREAK
10:45 Discussion II - Relationship of petrology to earth system science and the larger curriculum (Microsoft Word 23kB Nov20 03)
- Workshop Summary (Microsoft Word 26kB Nov20 03)
11:45 Report out
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 3:00 Demonstrations I
Jennifer Wenner
Magma modification in the Sierra Nevada Batholith
Allen Glazner
Geologic history of a volcanic terrane
John W. Goodge
Extending Mineralogy by Electron Microprobe Analysis
Dexter Perkins
Setting and Course Design
Steve R. Dunn
Stable isotopes in contact metamorphism of carbonate rocks
3:00 BREAK
3:30 - 5:00 Demonstrations II
Robert K. Smith
Plagioclase zoning: A useful tool for understanding planetary magmatic processes and recognizing sequences of magmatic events
Benjamin R. Edwards
Magmatic viscosity: controls and implications for volcanism
Marc M. Hirschmann
Melts Software
Alan Boyle
Assesment Strategies and Tips (Microsoft Word 29kB Dec2 03)
Dave Bailey
Petrology and Structural Geology
5:00 Daily wrap up and "road check"
5:30 DINNER
7:00 Evening networking
Sunday, July 13
7:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:15 Daily introduction
8:30 Working group session I
(Groups to remain the same for all working group sessions)
- Igneous Rock Suites (Plutonic) I - Karl Wirth
- Igneous Rock Suites II (Volcanic) - John Creasey
- Modeling and Databases - Barb Dutrow
- Metamorphic Rock Suites - Cam Davidson
- Experiments in Petrology - John Brady
- Phase Equilibria - Dexter Perkins
- Geodynamic Petrology - Jane Selverstone
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Discussion III - Alternative pedagogies: What works? (Microsoft Word 21kB Nov20 03)
- Workshop Summary (Microsoft Word 25kB Nov20 03)
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 3:00 Demonstrations III
Donna L. Whitney
Calculating pressures and temperatures of petrologic events (geothermobarometry)
Brian Hausback
Correlation of air-fall tephras at Mount St. Helens
Wendy J. Harrison and Richard F. Wendlandt
Weathering of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks in a Semi-Arid Climate - An Engineering Application of Petrology
John Webster
Incorporating Research into Petrology Courses
Karl Wirth
Illustrating fractional crystallization with an M&M magma chamber
3:00 BREAK
3:30 - 5:00 Demonstrations IV
Dori Farthing
Metallurgical slag as a teaching tool-quenching in a binary eutectic system
Jane Selverstone
Progressive metamorphism of pelitic rocks - translating from AFM space to P-T space
John B. Brady
Using kitchen chemistry and the concept of saturation to help students understand igneous phase diagrams
Christopher D. Condit
Dynamic Digital Maps
Lee Ann Srogi
Portfolios in petrology: enhancing teaching and learning
5:00 Evaluations
~5:15 Vans to Hyalite Canyon for hikes and barbecue
Monday, July 14
7:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:15 Daily introduction
8:30 Demonstrations V (repeat of II)
Robert K. Smith
Plagioclase zoning: A useful tool for understanding planetary magmatic processes and recognizing sequences of magmatic events
Benjamin R. Edwards
Magmatic viscosity: controls and implications for volcanism
Marc M. Hirschmann
Melts Software
Alan Boyle
Assessment Strategies and Tips (Microsoft Word 29kB Dec2 03)
Dave Bailey
Petrology and Structural Geology
10:00 BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 Demonstrations VI (repeat of I)
Jennifer Wenner
Magma modification in the Sierra Nevada Batholith
Allen Glazner
Geologic history of a volcanic terrane
John W. Goodge
Extending Mineralogy by Electron Microprobe Analysis
Dexter Perkins
Goal Setting and Course Design
Steve R. Dunn
Stable isotopes in contact metamorphism of carbonate rocks
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 Working groups II
Same groups, same rooms, except Igneous Rock Suites II - Volcanic, with John Creasy. Meet all afternoon and prepare work plan and needs, make assignments, and outline next steps.
6:00 DINNER
7:00 Demo night - Talk with publishers and equipment manufacturers
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:15 Daily introduction
8:30 Working groups III
Prepare work plan and needs, identify who does what, and outline next steps.
10:00 BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 Demonstrations VII (repeat of IV)
Dori Farthing
Metallurgical slag as a teaching tool-quenching in a binary eutectic system
Jane Selverstone
Progressive metamorphism of pelitic rocks - translating from AFM space to P-T space
John B. Brady
Using kitchen chemistry and the concept of saturation to help students understand igneous phase diagrams
Christopher D. Condit
Dynamic Digital Maps
Lee Ann Srogi
Portfolios in petrology: enhancing teaching and learning
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:30-3:00 Demonstrations VIII (repeat of III)
Donna L. Whitney
Calculating pressures and temperatures of petrologic events (geothermobarometry)
Brian Hausback
Correlation of air-fall tephras at Mount St. Helens
Wendy J. Harrison and Richard F. Wendlandt
Weathering of Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks in a Semi-Arid Climate - An Engineering Application of Petrology
John Webster
Incorporating Research into Petrology Courses
Karl Wirth
Illustrating fractional crystallization with an M&M magma chamber
3:00 BREAK
3:30 - 5:00 Discussion IV - What next? (Microsoft Word 20kB Nov20 03)
5:30 - 6:00 Shuttles to dinner at the Ale Works in downtown Bozeman.
Wednesday, July 16
7:00 - 8:00 BREAKFAST
Check out from dorms. Shuttles depart to Gallatin Field Airport.