Making geology field experiences more accessible through HC241, a Clark Honors College course at the University of Oregon
Questions: Gabby: What can the garnets in our metamorphic rock tell us about how the rock formed and has changed since then? Kennedy: How does the grain size and mineral composition in a rock reflect the location, intensity, and stages of stress during metamorphism? Will: How did the garnet found in this metamorphic rock get […]
Figure 1: Front-view of columnar basalt. Note, top of rock is relatively flat and the shape is hexagonal with near-symmetric widths of sides. A 20 cm scale is used for reference. GPS Coordinates: 44.04307, -123.06865 Location of Google Earth (Site 2) Location and general description: The columnar basalt seen in Figure 1 is located inside of […]
Post by: Dina Goldman, M.G., and Will Burgess GPS Coordinates: 44.04621°N, 123.07380°W Google Earth Map Site 5 Location and general description: Sat in Cascade Hall is this piece of petrified wood. Although it may look like wood, and is called wood, it is actually composed of minerals like quartz and agate. Over time, these minerals […]
Post by: Bray Belloni, Maia Turpen, and Heidi Sunderhaus Coordinates: 44.04223° N, 123.07563° W Link to Google Earth Site (site 4) Location/General Description: These gravestones are found in the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery in Eugene, Oregon in the United States. The cemetery honors people in Eugene’s history who have passed and is the largest based on […]
Post By: Malia Thacker, Hayden Rivas, and Gabriel Castillo-Quintana GPS Coordinates: +44.047363, -123.069432 Google Earth Map: Site 6 Location and General Description: The Mill Race is a channel of the Willamette River located near the University of Oregon. It was dug in 1850 by settlers who wanted to connect two sloughs to provide a reliable water […]
Post by: Zach, Maddox, Jalen, and Barrett GPS coordinates of campus feature: +44.045647, -123.074276 Location on Google Earth (Site 1) Figure 1 shows a close up on the fourth basalt piece from the left, with a 20 cm scale included (note the weathering in the lower portion). Figure 2 shows a wide angle view of […]
Post by: Ariel Birnbaum, Amelia Evers, Kat Benton GPS coordinates: 40.045556N, -123.076389W Google Earth Map Site #2 Location and General Description: Located to the left-hand side of the Lundquist College of Business in the northwestern part of campus, Fenton Hall is an academic building that was built for the University of Oregon in 1906. What interested […]
Post by: Elizabeth Goodwin, Emma Drucker, Omer Shapira GPS Coordinates: 44.0438485, -123.0736538 Location on Google Maps: Site 3 Location and Description: This campus feature is a sculpture named “Luna” which was created by Ellen Tykeson in the year 2000. This sculpture is located right outside of Straub Hall on Onyx street. The statue is sculpted out […]
Post by: Sierra Matz, Julien Heller, Linnea Smith, and Zach Busche Link to Google Earth Map (Site 8) GPS Coordinates: (44.045587, -123.072713) Location and general description: The tracks are located right outside Willamette Hall on the sidewalk just east of the main entrance. A group member saw small animal prints and brought them to the […]
Post by: Zach Puckett, Timi Evrenosoglu and Meredith Edgar GPS coordinates: +44.04319°, -123.07365° Location and general description: This feature is part of an artistic fountain outside the main doors to the campus recreational center at the University of Oregon. Although the columns seem perfectly cut and unnatural, they are completely unchanged from nature. It was […]