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Penn State Geosciences 1985 in the Bingham Pit
The group in the Bingham pit. Seated, l to r: Fidele, Mary, Jeff, Dave, Karen, Tom, Arthur. Kneeling: James S, Randy. Standing: Anthony, Gary (striped shirt), Mark, Lisa, Christopher (camera), Frank (blue hat), Marc, Andy (Nike), Brian (12), Dan (shiny buckle), Al, ?. Two guys in yellow hardhats in the last row, left, are Jim Taylor and Mike; the three others in that row can't be identified.  Credit: Frank Pazzaglia.  Thanks to Dan Black for some of the IDs.

Field Camp 1985

Students In 1985 options for the Geosciences degree were the general option, biogeology, and geophysics.  The general option and biogeology required Geosc 470, Introduction to Field Geology, during the academic year and summer Geosc 472, Field Geology.  A pre-camp cross-country excursion was available as GSc 471.

Ginette Abdo Karen Bergmann Jeffrey (Jeff) Berta
Daniel (Dan) Black Brian Breisinger Eric Brosius
William (Bill) Brusse Andrew (Andy) Donnelly Randy Farmerie
Fred Flint Mary Griffith Donald Hartshorn
Gary Herbert Raymond Kassab Thomas Koch
Arthur Lee Anthony Mancini Christopher Manga
Deborah Mosconi Frank Pazzaglia Michael (Mike) Robertson
Lisa Romankiew James Salyer Marc Saccarelli
Mark Skrobacz James (Jim) Taylor Fidele Tchinda
Paul Werner    

Faculty
   Duff Gold, Dave Eggler, Bill Duke, Tom Gardner

TAs
   Al Lacazette

Where They Stayed
   Northwest Community College, Powell, Wyoming; Alta Peruvian Lodge, Alta, Utah; Monroe Hot Springs, Utah

Major Projects
   Elk Basin, Salt Lake area surficial deposits, Gun Club quarry, Marysvale volcanics, Alta overthrust, Alta stock

Click here for Frank Pazzaglia's funny stories of Field Camp 1985

Click here for Dave Eggler's memories of Field Camp 1985

Click on the thumbnails to enlarge: (thanks to Frank Pazzaglia for most of the photos)

Van Hise's Rock, Wisconsin

Barbican, Wisconsin

Scenic, South Dakota

atop Heart Mtn

Duff atop Heart Mtn

More atop Heart Mtn

Eric and Lisa atop Heart Mtn

Tired after the Heart Mtn hike

Big Al and Dr Whu at Soda Butte

Group at Soda Butte

Dented van at Tower Falls

Devils Tower

Earthquake Lake

Warfield fossil fish quarry

Gun Club Quarry, SLC

Fidele at the Stillwater

Closeup of quarry photo

Swimming in kettle lake

closeup

Mapping hard on the last day

Alta Peruvian Lodge, last evening

trip home, making friends in Nebraska