Field Trips

We regret the cancellation of most of the GeoGulf  Field Trips scheduled for Saturday October 26.

Field Trip 6 is still going as scheduled on the morning of Saturday Oct 26.

Contact Jerry Kendall at jerrykendall42@gmail.com if you want to join this field trip after the GeoGulf Convention. 

Field Trips Saturday October 26, 2019

Field trip 1  Cancelled  Hands On Geophysical Data Acquisition

Field trip 2   Friday October 25-Sunday October 27. World Class and Spectacular Late Cambrian Microbial Reef Outcrops in Mason County, Texas
Leaders- Andre Droxler, Rice University, and Dan Lehrmann (Trinity University). This field trip is still going on schedule, but you need to email Andre Droxler directly to sign up. His email is andre(@)rice.edu 

Field Trip 3 :  Cancelled  Upper Texas Coastal Barrier Dynamics: Observations Used in Digital Modeling Leader- Jeff Nittrouer (Rice University)

Field trip 4  -Cancelled Surface Faults in West Houston (sponsored by HGS)  Leaders- Carl Norman and Richard Howe

Field trip 5  Cancelled

Saturday Oct 26
GOING as scheduled !!   

Field trip 6  Artistic, Human Impact and Geologic Investigation of Hurricane Harvey’s Deposits Near Downtown Houston

Leaders- Jerry Kendall  (Half Day)
Leaves Hotel 8:30 am – participants will get driving instructions and drive to the starting location in Houston.
Cost $95.00
This half-day field trip will show attendees large-scale sedimentary structures formed in August 2017 when massive flooding in Buffalo Bayou submerged the area. Cutbanks, scours, and sediments deposited as the waters pushed downstream will be examined by climbing down the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The GeoArt collaborative has been able to preserve the sedimentary structures by making sand peels of Hurricane Harvey deposits. The field trip will hike 2.5 miles along Buffalo Bayou Park, west of downtown Houston, examining the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the city of Houston. The records of the flooding, bayou adjustment, and the recovery efforts will be examined in flow data, preserved remnants of the more then 600 million tons of sediment deposited during Hurricane Harvey, sand peel sculptures, and human impact accounts. The parallels in the Harvey record seen in the sediments, the river level, and 211 non-emergency call volume will be explored. The group will pull a small sand peel from a Harvey deposit.

Saturday Oct 26
Cancelled- Field trip 7   Panther Creek-