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Posted: 25 Jan 2024

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El Capitan Carlsbad Texas USA 2nd October 1980

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

11 comments - The latest ones
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
nicely done

Wish you a sunny day!
3 months ago.
Loose_Grip/Pete club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks Annemarie. I think Friday is the only sunny day forecast!
3 months ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Impressive mountain scene; well captured Pete.
3 months ago.
Loose_Grip/Pete club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks very much Jaap.
3 months ago.
 Malik Raoulda
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.
3 months ago.
Loose_Grip/Pete club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Merci beaucoup Malik.
3 months ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
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
3 months ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
I can imagine that, sing the area you studied before. great picture
3 months ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
So oil deposits are found below these?
Were you ever interested in studying coal?
2 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!
2 months ago.
GrahamH club has replied to Loose_Grip/Pete club
Ok, thanks Pete.
2 months ago.

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