Posts treating: "cap rock"
Monday, 20 October 2014
Earthly Musings [2014-10-20 02:34:00]
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(665 visits) Permian,Jurassic; IT,PT,HU,AR,US,ES
Many of you will remember a hike I completed last October in southern Utah (link here). This year, a similar group of friends went into Grand Gulch, a marvelous little canyon located on Cedar Mesa. You can access the BLM web site for Grand Gulch here.I am including many photos from this six-day hike but little details on specific locations. A hike in Grand Gulch requires knowledge of changing conditions, stamina, and proper gear. It is a long ways away from help. But for those who are prepared, [...]
Earthly Musings [2014-05-02 17:07:00]
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(56 visits) Jurassic,Triassic,Permian; HT,FR,US,PH,AU
Every year I lead a group of travelers and hikers on a trip to Canyonlands and Arches National Parks for day hikes. The trips are part of the Museum of Northern Arizona's Venture's Program. This program has been functioning as one of the longest running natural history tour programs on the Colorado Plateau. This years trip saw great wildflowers, excellent weather, and congenial hikers!Locoweed blooming in Negro Bill Canyon. We all agreed that this canyon is in need of an updated name change. [...]
Last week we were camping along the Colorado River above Moab Utah when we saw these pillars showing how a more resistant chunk of sandstone will protect the less resistant shale below. The last blog post showed how the more resistant White Rim sandstone was left standing even after the softer Organ Rock shale had all eroded away leaving a really fun arch to visit.
Earthly Musings [2012-04-17 06:21:00]
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(696 visits) Jurassic,Triassic,Permian
Here is the continuation of the posting for my five-day trip to Canyonlands. This includes photo's and discussion from days 3, 4, and 5.On Wednesday we made the 2.5 mile hike along Negro Bill Creek to Morning Glory Arch. It is an impressive span in the Navajo Sandstone.View from beneath Morning Glory Arch. While we were here, a tour group arrived on top of the arch with the intent of rappelling down the 120 vertical feet. The rope thrown over the edge nearly hit our party!One of my favorite [...]
Jon Spencer, Arizona Geological Survey, shares results of an early sequestration potential study for basins in Arizona. It focused on basins with depths below 800 meters – the depth at which CO2 will remain in the liquid state. Successful sequestration also requires adequate permeability/porosity for large-volume CO2 injection and an impermeable cap rock that will
May 2nd 2010 -The TBM is at 6,882 meters (22,578.4 feet). The TBM has been shutdown for scheduled maintenance and to allow for the launch of the arch forms into the tunnel. On May 11th, the widening of the new air vent shaft will begin.Well, the fire didn't slow them a bit! They are having lots of fun zooming through the cap rock at a tremendous speed. No word on how well they are doing
February 21st 2010 The tunnel is 17.7 meters from reaching the 6,000 meters mark.There is 1-2 meter over-break to the left side of the TBM cutter-head crown.Daily mining average is 9 metersSince January 1st 2010 the TBM has mined 501.6 metersFebruary 19th 2010 The tunnel is 5,958.3 meters long at an elevation below the surface of 88 meters.There is 1-1.5 meter over-break. TBM averaging
What a fabulous President's Day, a ski tour atop the "largest flat topped mountain in the world". The Grand Mesa is a large mesa found in western Colorado. I am not sure who decided that it was so special, but I read it on the Internet...so it must be true.The top of the mesa is covered by lava flows dated at 10,000,000 years ago. These lava flows make quite a nice cap rock and have
Ah, I love that as soon as I complain that they are hiding something, they come out with their report! What's a guy to do?January 27th 2010 The tunnel is 5,711 meters (18,737 feet) long at an elevation below the surface of 89 meters (292 feet).There is no tunnel over-break. TBM averaging 18.5 meters (70 feet) per dayThe Concrete Invert Bridge is at 3,725 metersThe Overbreak Restoration