June 22-26, 2015
A tour of the major geologic features of the Yellowstone National Park, the site of the greatest concentration of geothermal features in the world.
- Spend the day in Upper, Midway and Lower Geyser Basins. Plan to see several of the major geysers erupt. Field discussions of hydrothermal geochemistry and subterranean plumbing, geyser systematics, relations of thermal and cold groundwater systems, geyser chronology, silica deposition and diagenesis, etc.
- Group dinner at Old Faithful Inn.