The fourth stop was in an area famous for its hoodoo rock formations. On down the road, at the third stop, they collected fossil oysters known as Gryphea.
The second stop was a scenic view overlooking the park where the class observed fossil ripple marks that formed on the ancient beach. The Black Mesa State Park area is located on the beach where sand accumulated and dinosaurs walked. These cliffs formed on the western shore of an inland sea that existed during the Cretaceous Period. The park and lake are surrounded by beautiful sandstone cliffs that formed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic Era. The first stop on the field trip was a visit to Black Mesa State Park and Lake Etling. The area is famous for its dinosaur fossils and tracks, abundant petrified wood, cinder cone volcanoes with lava flows, and scenic beauty. Most Oklahoma Panhandle State University students and staff probably don’t realize that just west of us in Cimarron County and beyond in northeastern New Mexico the landscape changes dramatically. Beverly Meyer and the three members of the class traveled to the far western Oklahoma Panhandle to hike and observe the geology of the Black Mesa area. The Earth Science Field Methods class recently made their first field trip of the semester. Beverly Meyer on From left to right: Front row, Rachel McDonald and Becky Simmons Back row, Beverly Meyer and Adrianna Garner -Courtesy photo
High School Concurrent Enrollment and Application Packet.Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical Colleges.
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