Sunset Crater and the Bonito Flow Field Excursion

Name: Sunset Crater and the Bonito Flow Field Excursion
Start: 2024-10-05T07:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-05T18:00:00-07:00
Location: 126 North Marina Street,Prescott,86301,US

Schedule

Sat Oct 05 2024 at 07:00 am to 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

126 North Marina Street,Prescott,86301,US | Prescott, AZ

Join NHI for a field trip to Sunset Crater and explore parts of the Bonito Flow that the general public rarely has access to!
As an extension of his NHI talk “ Sunset Crater and the Bonito Flow: Geological Processes and Human Interactions ,” Dr. Jeff Meyer will lead a day-long field trip to Sunset Crater and the Bonito Flow.
Sunset Crater erupted only 940 years ago, creating a cinder or scoria cone, and it is one of over 600 short-lived volcanoes in northern Arizona’s San Francisco volcanic field. We have obtained special permission to take up to 12 people to parts of the flow that the general public rarely has access to! Dr. Meyer will give an overview of the San Francisco Volcanic Field as we approach Sunset Crater, then cover the events of the Sunset Crater eruption. Finally, we will spend time on the Bonito flow, looking at its unique characteristics.
Cost: $85 (Van transportation included)
Time: Meet at the Natural History Institute (126 N. Marina St., Prescott) at 7:00am and return at 6:00pm
Details : An off-trail hike of about 1.5 miles on moderate terrain is planned, and another mile or so of on-trail hiking is likely. The hiking pace will be moderate to slow, as there are lots of things to see and discuss. Bring a sack lunch, water and day-pack for your hike, and dress appropriately for the weather that day (7000’ el.). It should be a nice fall day with good views of the leaves turning yellow on the nearby San Francisco peaks!
For his PhD work, Dr. Jeffrey Meyer studied a 24-million-year-old super volcano – think Yellowstone, the opposite type of volcano to the young Sunset Crater. For 28 years, he was a community college geology instructor, and always kept active through teaching in the field. Upon retirement, Dr. Meyer and his wife, who is also a geologist, moved to Prescott into a home that her parents built. He has continued to teach geology part-time at Prescott College. While camping at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, he noticed and became curious about unusual features of the Bonito flow, a prominent flow from the crater. He located recent Lidar data, and started mapping the flow, first by computer, and later in the field. Dr. Meyer is eager to share his recent research and continue to pursue his love of teaching through this program with the Natural History Institute.
Cancellation Policy:
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