7 GEOL 1114 Arbuckles Field Trip On two different Saturdays in October and November the Physical Geology class headed down I-‐35 to explore the geology of the Arbuckles and Sulphur. Approximately 55 students went on each day and the stops included two scenic outlooks on I-‐35, the Hunton Anticline near the Lake of the Arbuckles and the Vendome Artesian Well in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Sulphur. The aim of the trip was to introduce field geology to the students, with tasks including rock identification, sketching folds and interpreting geological features. Students had the chance to see an unconformity, small-‐ and large-‐scale folding and an artesian well. I was joined on one trip by Dr. Natascha Riedinger, and numerous TAs on each trip. For the incoming freshman geology majors it was a great opportunity to experience the field for the first time. However, most of the students are not geologists, so Physical Geology is both their first and last geology course, but these students came away with a better understanding of geology, and the ability to explain some of the outcrops along I-‐35, which will stick with them. On the 2nd trip we managed to time a stop at the A&W in Davis with the last three minutes of the Cowboy comeback victory over Iowa State, much to the excitement of many students. —Brendan Hanger Dr. Brendan Hanger (left) showing students an anticline in carbonate rocks in the Arbuckle Mountains along I-‐35 in October 2017. Students marching out to a broad, open fold in a quarry in the Arbuckle Mountains in November, 2017
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