K/T Boundary Layer Field Trip to Raton, New MExico -- day 3
| The Spanish peaks, from the back of the
Holiday Inn |
| Terry, looking for the layer in the
wrong place |
| Dave talks about the late Cretaceous
global environment |
| Climging up to the outcrop |
| Everyone else looking for the layer,
again in the wrong place (its below us here). |
| Dr. Kring, Joe SPitale, and Eric
Karkoshka clearing out a ledge to work on so that we don't all fall to our
deaths |
| Joe and Kring dig and search for the
layer |
| our first look at the layer |
| Andy Rivkin, our resident Guru of
entropy |
| Ross Beyer navigates the precarious
ledge |
| the Layer, with my fingers for
scale |
| ME and the iridium layer! |
| Terry and our prize sample |
| We knocked out the rock above the layer
because it was pretty easily crumbled (there was coal both above and below the
layer in this location). We then carefully extracted specimens |
| Ingrid and Jani Sampling |
| Rachel blowing on her section of the
layer |
| Andy and Barb go at their
part |
| Jen tends samples obtained by field
trip leader Dave Kring |
| samplers |
| Adina and JEn gather samples |
| Screw you, hippie! |
| Our Precarious Position |
| Terry shows off our catch. |
On to the rest of day 3