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A study of the active and ancient volcanoes of Italy. Starting in Napels, southern Italy, the group toured the excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii, hiked to the summit of Mount Vesuvius, received an informative behind the scenes visit of the Vesuvian Observatory to understand the volcanic hazards of the area, and learned about the geology of Campi Flegrei by expert, Dr. Paola Petrosino of th...

A tour through Washington, Idaho, & western Montana, to the Channeled Scablands, a unique feature of Earth’s surface formed by the bursting of an Ice Age glacial dam and the ensuing gigantic flood. It is a story of scientific sleuthing and intrigue, and led to an understanding the surface of Mars. John Soennichsen, author of Bretz’s Flood, the biography of the scientist who unraveled the myster...

Projecto PaleoAngola is a field-based paleontological and geological project focused on the effects of the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean on life through geologic time, from 130 Ma to the present. The field area is Angola, a country at war for 47 years until a peace treaty was signed in 2002. The first Projecto PaleoAngola expedition occurred in 2005 and expeditions to Angola have been con...

Located atop the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the spreading center for the Atlantic Ocean Basins, thermal energy in the form of hot water is abundant. Iceland makes extensive use of hot water to heat its buildings, to keep its streets and sidewalks free of ice, to generate electricity, and to provide energy for a variety of industrial uses. Shell Hydrogen is also a major player in helping to set up the ...

A study of the regional geology and geothermal resources in northwestern Wyoming, the trip began in Jackson, Wyoming to review the geologic setting of Jackson Hole, and continuing northward into Yellowstone National Park. Hosing the group there were Dr. Robert Smith, Professor of Geology and Geophysics at University of Utah, and Dr. Roy Mink, former director of the US Department of Energy Geoth...

DescriptionA tour of southwestern North Dakota, northwestern South Dakota and southeastern Montanan. Areas of interest included the Late Cretaceous strata of the Hell Creek Formation and the Custer Battlefield at Little Bighorn and Medora. The Red Trail Ethanol Plan near Richardton, North Dakota provided a first hand look and a chance to discuss corn-based ethanol and its economic effects. The ...

Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, is considered the Cradle of North American Vertebrate Paleontology. It was known to George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, who developed ideas of climate change from the mammoths and mastodons entombed in the salt. It quickly drew the attention of Thomas Jefferson who kept a mastodon tooth from there at Monticello and sent Lewis and Clark to find them alive in the Ame...