TRGS  Tobacco Root Geological Society    |    Since 1973

Sunday, July 29, 2018

8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Field Trips (Pick up sack lunches, and depart from Lot #2 by 8 a.m., see map above)

• Trip B1: Lewis & Clark Caverns (Schmidt and Whisner)

• Trip B2: SW MT Shear Zone in Paradise Valley (Kalakay, Webber and Lageson)

• Trip B3: Crazy Mountains (Dudas)

6 pm – 8 pm. Dinner on your own.

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Monday, July 30, 2018

7 am – 8 am Checkout of MSU housing and breakfast on your own

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Field Trips:

Saturday

• Trip A1: Bridger Range hike (Lageson) - Hike to summit of Sacajawea Pk.

• Trip A2: Big Sky (Rose and Warren) - Geology of Big Sky, MT /includes aqafers / landslides / geotech / tram towers

• Trip A3: Paradise Valley and Gardner Basin (English) - Paradise Valley / Gardiner Basin / hydrology

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Sunday

• Trip B1: Lewis & Clark Caverns (Schmidt and Whisner) - Structural Geology of The Lewis and Clark State Park and surrounding area: Some new ideas and more questions

• Trip B2: SW MT Shear Zone in Paradise Valley (Kalakay, Webber and Lageson) - Paradise Valley SW Montana Shear Zone

• Trip B3: Crazy Mountains (Dudas) - Xenoliths in northern Crazy Mtns: Constraining magma yield strength from field observations (FT will visit 3 sites).  Advisory: Trip will be on 4WD roads in the Northern Crazy Mountains. Access to one locality will require participants to cross Cottonwood Creek by wading, and then climbing a steep slope (~500') to reach outcrops. 

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Conference Registration:

On site registration will be available in Bozeman.

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Instructions for Reserving Campus Housing:

1. Click on the following link http://starbright.msu.montana.edu/StarRezConferences

2. Search for Tobacco Root Geological Society in the “Search Conferences” text box

3. Registration Details Page: Click on the “Sign Up” button and fill-in the required information.

4. Once the Sign-Up information has been completed, your email and a password will be provided in case you want to edit your housing reservation.

5. Register Group Page: The MSU housing that is available is either a single room ($28/night + tax) or double room ($46/night + tax).

6. If you are requesting a single room, select “no” in response to the question “Do you want to register a group of people?” and then “Save and Continue”.

7. If you are requesting a double room, you will register as a “group of people” and will need to enter the other names of the occupants for that room.  Press “Save and Continue”.

8. Housing Page: Select “Yes” to indicate that you will require housing and then select either the single room or double room from the drop down menu.  You may change the check-in and check-out dates as necessary.  Once you’ve entered the dates, the total cost will be calculated for you at the bottom of the page.  Press “Save and Continue”

9. Special Housing Request Page: Add any additional information that you would like to your housing registration.

10. Conference Payment Page: You will have the option to pay by credit card or not.  Payment can be made upon arrival at the front desk (cash, check, credit card -no American Express – all accepted).  Press “Save and Continue” to complete your registration.

11. If you are not paying by credit card online, exit out of the system after pressing “Save and Continue” (Do NOT cancel your registration) and look in your email inbox to see that your registration has been completed.  The email contains all of the information regarding dining hall cost and hours, room amenities and parking.  If you do not receive this confirmation email, please contact msusummerhousing@montana.edu

12. You may cancel your housing registration (at least 24 hours before your arrival date) via the registration site using the email and password provided to you upon sign-up.

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The Richard I. Gibson TRGS Travel Fund:

Undergraduate, and graduate students in geosciences, as well as to young professionals may apply for support for travel expenses to attend the TRGS summer field conference. Young professionals include those up to age 30 at the time of the award including those in academia, and other earth science disciplines. Travel expenses include like lodging, airfare, vehicle rental, or gasoline for personal vehicles. The recipient must attend substantially all of a TRGS meeting, i.e. typically a Friday-Saturday-Sunday. The award money available to applicants each year is $1,000. The maximum amount that can be awarded to one person is $500. Payments will be made after the conference. Applications must be submitted by July 1. Awardees will be notified by July 13 if they have received the award. Apply now.

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Questions:

Direct questions about the field conference or accommodations to Sandy Underwood (SandyUnderwood903 at hotmail.com). Additional conference information may be posted on the TRGS webpage (http://trgs.org) or the TRGS facebook page.  Contact Emily Geraghty Ward (emgward@gmail.com) If you are interested in helping out at the conference.