EEPS 2021 REU Field trip: Minturn CO- Day 1: Eagle River earthscience.rice.edu/?p=20567

EEPS Four Corners field trip is off to a successful start. Graduate students Jackson Borchardt, Debadrita Jana, Ross Kovtun, Stewart Williams and Sydney Allen enjoy the view of the Rio Grande surrounded by the 5 Million year old Servilleta basalt. #NewMexico #Geology #Basalt

Day 2: Exploring North America’s tallest dunes in the San Luis Valley. The dunes are upwards of 10,000 years old, the sand sourced from residual paleo lakes following the draining of Lake Alamosa, which is thought to have helped establish the Rio Grande gorge.

Day 3: Summer Coon volcano and it’s dikes, represent some the earliest volcanism of Rio Grande rifting. Nearby is the Fish Canyon tuff (largest ash-flow tuff in the world). Minerals from this 27 million year old ignimbrite provide important geochronological standards.

Day 4: The San Juan Mountains-from 1.4 billion to 23 million years of geologic history in one day. #thegreatunconformity #silvertoncaldera #goldmining

Day 5: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison- this deep, steep narrow gorge is the result of just 2 million years of river erosion into 1.8 million year old metamorphic uplifted and exposed 60 million years ago! #canyon #proterozoicbasement

Day 6: Trekking through Mesozoic stratigraphy and structure. #Moabfault #Arches #Dinosaurtracks

Day 6: How micro-structures are used to solve mysteries both on earth and other planets. #upheavaldome #deformationstructures #ironconcretions

Day 8: Geoarcheology of the Dakota sandstone. How weathering and stratigraphy enabled building of Pueblo structures. #Mesaverde

New research from FSU EOAS and Rice Earth Science gives a better understanding of the composition of the elements that make up Earth’s outer core. Published today in Communications Earth & Environment, part of Nature Portfolio. news.fsu.edu/news/2021/08/1…

Helge Gonnermann among authors of recent EOS article: Anticipating Climate Impacts of Major Volcanic Eruptions eos.org/science-update…

EEPS IS HIRING: Tenure-Track Faculty, Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellowship positions. Candidates across the broad spectrum of planetary and environmental sciences, are encouraged to apply. For more information earthscience.rice.edu/home-page/open…

EEPS REU @ Redrocks with EEPS Alum Jeremy Caves Rugenstein #Frontrangegeology

After a day of geologic mapping the group hikes up over 11,000 feet to learn about glaciers and glacial processes at St. Mary’s. #snowfield, #nsfreu

Last day at Leadville! With EEPS TA Emory McKenzie, students learn about ore formation and identify ore minerals in the gossan left from an old mine. #silvermine, #leadville, #nsfreu

Join Dr. Siebach for this fall course NOW open to the public entitled, Missions to Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. She’ll guide you through the history and future of Mars exploration. bit.ly/3BbCwzK #glasscockschool, #ricecontinuingstudies, #RiceU.

Join Dr. Lee for this public course entitled, “The Natural History of Texas State Parks” where you’ll celebrate the natural history of Texas state parks from west Texas mountains and ancient volcanoes to the gulf coast prairies. bit.ly/3dCOaeV #glasscockschool, #RiceU

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“It felt good to step outside #academia and share my expertise” — Discover how this professor (Dr. Sylvia Dee) learned to talk about #ClimateScience with skeptical audiences. #AcademicChatter fal.cn/3vgnE

Rice Engineering and Rice Natural Sciences will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability program this fall. This new program is designed to equip students with the tools needed to thrive in the evolving energy industry landscape. bit.ly/443fqcC