Well, I went out in the field to see my future field sites. Turns out, my field area in the valley next to Great Basin National Park.
There it is. So, if anyone wants to see it, come on by.
I also saw something that I had not seen in about 5 years, and frankly, wished I would never see again. Anyone remember a certain carbonate that is heavily faulted with extensive lateral-facies changes?
It also has certain wormy fossils…
That’s right, it’s the dreaded Guilmette! In fact, it is thought to be the main bedrock aquifer in the area. Damn, I hate that formation, but I’ll have to learn to love it. At least I’ll be piercing it with a drill.
We also have other summer field players like the Joana limestone…
…and Pilot shale… just like old times.
I’ll be in the field starting July 5th, returning at some point a week or so later. It’s really up to the drillers. It should be fun, and profitable for me, but I will be away from internet for extended periods of time. That also means I get long streches of break time where I can finish putting Mallytown together.
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When you get back into the field, do you stand, look out across the landscape with narrowed eyes, and say, “It is good to be back”?
Oh God, the Guilmette!?!! (@#$@#%$@&#*!!@&)
Dude, Matt, I saw the Dinosaurs Alive 3D Imax movie and they show grad student geologists (ok, paleontologists, but still….) working in Mongolia! I was like, “Ulaanbatar…I know a guy who worked there!”
nightmares, matt … nightmares … good luck …
Dude, they don’t pay you to be a hater. (Do they pay you?)
HAHAHA, GOOOOOOOOAL DE MEXICO!!!
OKAY…this is why it’s so neat…you get to POUND THE SHIT OUTTA GUILMETTE!!! Yeaaaaaaaah. There were days I’d sit there at lunch and I’d pooooooooound away at it with my rock hammer all while it was poking my ass, and it just would not give…Ugh! You actually do get to break it into Smither(s)ines. That’s freakin neat man.
FYI: If it was up to the Drillers they’d drill ON the 4th of July, at least the drillers I’ve worked with. Hahahha.