El Capitan Carlsbad Texas USA 2nd October 1980

The Permian El Capitan reef complex in the Guadeloupe Mountains on the Texas-New Mexico border. After the flight from Dallas to El Paso we transferred to the tour bus for a geological field trip around West Texas.

As an undergraduate I wrote a long essay on carbonate reefs referring to the Guadalupian El Capitan as the prime ancient analogue of modern build-ups. It was a real buzz to actually visit it and hit the rocks with a hammer!

grobi358, Luis Miguel, Erhard Bernstein, Fred Fouarge and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Annemarie ^club

nicely done

Wish you a sunny day!

12 months ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Annemarie ^club

Thanks Annemarie. I think Friday is the only sunny day forecast!

12 months ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Impressive mountain scene; well captured Pete.

12 months ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thanks very much Jaap.

12 months ago.

Malik Raoulda ^club

Un superbe rendu et une excellente expérience d'avoir écrit un essai et d'y retourner sur le lieu pour savourer.. Merci pour ce superbe partage.

12 months ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Malik Raoulda ^club

Merci beaucoup Malik.

12 months ago.

Peter_Private_Box ^club

Hi Pete
Nice when an old piece of work from our university days can be resurrected and be shown meaningful after so many years!!
I just had one of my papers resurrected after nearly 50 years, and shown to be correct!
Best Wishes, a nice weekend, and stay safe!!
Peter

12 months ago.

Ko Hummel ^club

I can imagine that, sing the area you studied before. great picture

12 months ago.

GrahamH ^club

So oil deposits are found below these?
Were you ever interested in studying coal?

11 months ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to GrahamH ^club

Yes, oil is found in the same reservoir rock but buried a few thousand feet down. I grew up in a coal mining village & my father & grandfather worked down the pit so coal should have been of interest but in fact no!

11 months ago.

GrahamH ^club has replied to Loose_Grip/Pete ^club

Ok, thanks Pete.

11 months ago.

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