Although the apartment complexes are not elegant, they certainly beat camping. Transportation is provided by air conditioned 15-passenger vans so that we do not have to rely on student vehicles. We do field projects in both geologic provinces. Students on Taylor Creek Hike, Kolob Sector of Zion Canyon National Park. Canyons dissecting the Hurricane fault reveal spectacular views of leading edge recumbent anticlinal structures which are the single-most important traps for oil and gas in overthrust belts throughout the world.
Students map for two days in strata that are overturned.
In the Cedar City area, the Hurricane fault coincides with what is referred to as the Paleozoic hingeline. Cedar City is located on one of the most important stratigraphic and structural transition zones of North America. Cross bedding in the Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park. The Navajo is the equivalent to the Nugget Sandstone which is the principal hydrocarbon reservoir rock in the Utah-Wyoming overthrust belt fairway. Bryce Canyon with the Aquarius Plateau in the distance.