Field research in southern Utah, Summer 2003
During the summer of 2003, three KU students and I traveled to southern Utah to work on field-based structural geology projects. 
Rock exposure is good in many parts of Utah.  Katie Hoefert for scale. FYI, this is the location of Utah!
Katie Hoefert and I traveled throughout southern Utah looking for good exposures of deformation bands that contain systematic joints.  We visited famous national parks including Grand Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands, but most of our work was in less-traveled (though still stunning) areas. 
(Left) Cedar Breaks, east of Cedar City
(Right) Henry Mountains in the dusty distance
Katie chose to focus on deformation bands and joints near the Henry Mountains. She gathered field data in order to analyze the influence of deformation band thickness and orientation on the spacing and orientation of joints. 
Katie measuring deformation bands The joints give this deformation band a jagged appearance.

Greg Zellner and Tama Scherer came to Utah to work on a project near the northern end of the Kaibab Uplift (see Utah map above for location).   Greg and Tama investigated apparent changes in the thickness of Cretaceous sedimentary rock layers that are about 80 million years old. 
Dr. T., Greg (center) and Tama (right) at Bryce Canyon National Park
Tama (top left), Greg (top right) and a snake (lower left).  During our field work we camped at Kodachrome Basin State Park (right).  BTW, the snake was NOT at the campground.
Following our field work in Utah, Greg and Katie worked on analyzing and interpreting their data during the 2003-2004 academic year, and presented their research results at the combined Northeastern/Southeastern Section Meeting of The Geological Society of America in March, 2004.  We missed working with Tama, who transferred to Penn State later in the summer of 2003.
Publications:
Hoefert, Catherine M. and Tindall, Sarah E., 2004, Orientation and spacing of joints in deformation band shear zones east of Mount Hillers, Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 36 no. 2 p. 102..
Zellner, G. C and Tindall, S.E., 2004, Structural evidence for syntectonic sedimentation within the Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Kaibab Uplift, Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 36 no. 2, p. 102..