Geoscience at Chadron State College

Geoscience at Chadron State College Geoscience at Chadron State is housed within the Department of Physical and Life Sciences. We offer courses and student research leading to B.S. degrees.

"Sixmile Buckle" cave near Roswell New Mexico. Along with my colleagues Gary Morgan and Rich White excavating a plethora...
06/09/2023

"Sixmile Buckle" cave near Roswell New Mexico. Along with my colleagues Gary Morgan and Rich White excavating a plethora of Pleistocene mammals and snakes. We're adding to the fauna consisting of horses and large mammals collected by Walter Harbach in the 1960s and given to CSC. Still looking for the rest of those horses!

One last group photo in Grand Junction. CSC field camp is coming to an end.
05/18/2023

One last group photo in Grand Junction. CSC field camp is coming to an end.

Gorgeous views and blue skies await CSC field camp students around every bend on the Devils Canyon trail. Here Gunnar an...
05/16/2023

Gorgeous views and blue skies await CSC field camp students around every bend on the Devils Canyon trail. Here Gunnar and Tristian work on their maps.

This female collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, graciously shared her home today with Chadron State College field ca...
05/16/2023

This female collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, graciously shared her home today with Chadron State College field camp students doing a mapping project at Devils Canyon. This outstanding wilderness park is managed by the .

CSC students Kaitlyn, Gunnar, Carrie, and Tristian work on their maps on the Devils Canyon trail near Fruita, Colorado...
05/16/2023

CSC students Kaitlyn, Gunnar, Carrie, and Tristian work on their maps on the Devils Canyon trail near Fruita, Colorado.

On our way to the next mapping project we stopped at the Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, CO. It was amazing to watch ...
05/16/2023

On our way to the next mapping project we stopped at the Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, CO. It was amazing to watch three volunteer preparators working on sauropod vertebrae. Thanks, Julie, for the great behind-the-scenes tour!

More spectacular views, slightly obscured by rain and fog. The Sheep Creek Geologic Trail near Manila, UT, presents grea...
05/14/2023

More spectacular views, slightly obscured by rain and fog. The Sheep Creek Geologic Trail near Manila, UT, presents great exposures of rocks from Jurassic down through the Proterozoic.

Hiking in the rain, again! CSC students get a view from the top of the Nugget Sandstone on the Red Fleet dinosaur trac...
05/14/2023

Hiking in the rain, again! CSC students get a view from the top of the Nugget Sandstone on the Red Fleet dinosaur trackway trail. We had not heard of the trackway before--it's managed by the --so hope to spend some time here in a future field camp.

Pictographs on the Frontier Sandstone at Dinosaur National Monument.
05/13/2023

Pictographs on the Frontier Sandstone at Dinosaur National Monument.

CSC field camp students Corey and Zen gain the eagle's advantage high atop a steeply-dipping ridge of Stump sandstone.
05/13/2023

CSC field camp students Corey and Zen gain the eagle's advantage high atop a steeply-dipping ridge of Stump sandstone.

In the magnificent historic dinosaur quarry at Dinosaur National Monument, CSC field camp students Randy and Kaitlyn mea...
05/13/2023

In the magnificent historic dinosaur quarry at Dinosaur National Monument, CSC field camp students Randy and Kaitlyn measure bone orientation. Many bones are aligned parallel to the current.

The food is great at CSC field camp! Tonight, street tacos in Vernal, UT.
05/13/2023

The food is great at CSC field camp! Tonight, street tacos in Vernal, UT.

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