Show a tf J- J Louisiana State n U. U Students Visit Moab Area fArea Cr iS a iff s1 SITES ts I to of t th the e earth f found everywhere In the Moab area are were wert studied on August Aug st I 26 by geology and petroleum students from LousI LousI- lana lans State Stale University wh who included included in in- eluded Moab as part of a 16 boo 1600 mile regional geology tour through the tour Pour Comers area erea The sandstone wonders of the Arches national monument were first visited by the party of ot nineteen nineteen nine nine- teen men students wider under the guidance of Delos Tucker geol geology f ogy instructor who directs the annual regional geology tour tout I from the Louisiana University summer headquarters camp located lo be at Florence Florenc Colorado The students traced the Moab fault tault line while traveling by bust bus over ovet the new highway Into Moab The They stopped In town for lunch repacked cameras with fresh film and assembled near the p post st office of ot- flee fice where letters and postcards i f were mailed home I Traveling the new road down the Colorado river the student group stopped at various points to study and photograph the Moki Indian writings found on the canyon walls close to the I shoreline shore of ot the river At one high point along the road overlooking overlooking overlooking over over- looking Cane Springs canyon Instructor Tucker remarked that I the narrow winding stream canyon canyon can can- yon was one of the finest examples examples examples ex ex- ex- ex amples Ive I've ever seen of ot superImposed super super- Imposed stream channeling Along the winding rood road leading leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing Into the mouth of ot Cane Springs canyon the petroleum and geology students viewed tumbled rock ruins where Moki Indians once lived In small caves high on the face tace of the towering cliffs The main objective of ot the Colorado Colorado Co Co- Co lorado river tour however was the famous Cane Creek Anticline pictured In many geology text textbooks textbooks textbooks books as being an outstanding example of geologic display This convex structure exposes seven distinct earth formations ranging from the Kayenta layer to the Cutler formation Prior to their return trip to Moab the students photographed geologic structure examined ur uranium uranium ur- ur diggings and posed for a group picture that will be sent to their their home home town paper in Baton Baton Baton Ba- Ba Ba Ba- ton Rouge La The Moab stop-over stop was one of the first in a series of ot stops along the mile 1600 regional geology geology ge ge- ge tour which encircled the Four Comers area The bus trip Included a study of not only the he Moab area but also a geologic I study tudy of at the Paradox Valleys Valle the tM Black Canyon of at the Gunnison r river the San Juan mountains mountain Mesa Verde national park the Sand Dunes national monument and a tour of the Spanish Peaks e k in Colorado The five day trip Is part of ot the Louisiana State tail uni v y 6 G um summer summer l geology geology I program m. m Stude Student t groups spent pent 4 weeks studying a map and survey survey sur vey course near Colorado Springs Colorado prior tl to a two week encampment at t Florence where I regional geology of the Four Corners Cor Cot Corners ners area atea Is given rl emphasis |