Bearpaw Mountains, Montana
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This trip examines volcanic and shallow intrusive rocks in the Bearpaw Mountains which were emplaced during the period from about 54 to 50 Ma, in the late early Eocene and early middle Eocene. Within this area, wwo volcanic fields lie north and south of a central anticlinal arch in which uppermost Paleozoic and Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks and many intrusions are now exposed. The trip follows a route across the northern volcanic field into the core of the central arch to examine the variety of rock types in the Rocky Boy stock and the youngest volcanic rocks on Centennial Mountain (Chippewa Cree Tribe). Land traversed is on Hill County park land and private land; permission is required for access and collection of samples. Less
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Topics: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Geology & the Dynamic Earth, Chemistry
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