Alaska, 2009

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Miocene sediments north of the Alaska Range

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Ken Ridgeway samples shale

Gabe, Brenda, Leif, and some July snow on the plateau

Brenda Bowen on Miocene clinker

Dead trees: bark beetles at work

Ken showing off some nice cross bedding

 

Gypsum in several growth habits

Braided river land: Denali

 

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Denali grizzlies

 

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

       Permineralized log, Chickaloon Fm., Matanuska Valley

Gabe, Brenda, Leif, and some July snow on the plateau

Orca, Kenai Fjords

Dead trees: bark beetles at work

Humpback fluke, Kenai Fjords

Gypsum in several growth habits

More wildlife – porpoise, Kenai Fjords

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Tidewater glacier, Kenai Fjords

 

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Headed back to camp after a tough day in the field