Geology and Geologic Hazards of the Borah Peak Area

2005 Summer Field Workshop

2005 Participants (photo by Terry Kuroda)

Introduction

The Idaho Geological Survey (IGS) holds a field workshop for Idaho earth science teachers every summer. Academic credit is available through the University of Idaho. In 2005, the workshop was held at the Idaho State University Field Station at Borah Peak, near Mackay, Idaho. This website provides a record of workshop activities. Feel free to use any images and text on this website, but please acknowledge the IGS and the author or photographer.

The purpose of the 2005 workshop was:

to review earth science techniques and concepts
to gain exposure to new earth science theories and technologies
to explore natural hazard recognition and mitigation, particularly those caused by earthquakes

Acknowledgments:

Support for the 2005 Workshop was provided by:

Thanks to Dan Sturgis for his help writing photo captions and organizing this website.

We are grateful to the following people for donating their time and energy as staff for the 2005 workshop:

Roy Breckenridge (IGS), Jim Cash (Moscow School District), Chris Jonientz-Trisler (FEMA), Kurt Othberg (IGS), Bill Phillips (IGS), Stephen Weiser (Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security), Mike Weaver (IGS), Judy Walling (Meridian School District), and Gayle Worthington (IGS)

Thanks to Randy Fiscus and everyone else who worked hard providing two great barbecue dinners. The dinners were sponsored by IESTA and (with Judy Walling's help), the Idaho Mining Association.

For Further Information

Contact: Bill Phillips, Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, PO Box 443014, Moscow, ID 83843-3014, phillips@uidaho.edu, (208)885-8928

Detailed Workshop Information (Text by Bill Phillips, PDF file)

Participant Presentations (PDF files)

Workshop Photos

Outside the Field Station

DEM and Satellite Image of Borah Peak area

View of the Big Lost River Valley with the Lost River Range to the right. (Image courtesy of Google Earth)

ISU Lost River Field Station

Home away from home. Idaho State University-Lost River Field Station (photo by Bill Phillips). Thanks to Scott Hughes and Diana Boyack of ISU for their help.

Activity on GPS operation and orienteering (photos by Bill Phillips)

landslide

Kurt Othberg lectures on a mass wasting event related to the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake at Birch Springs. Landslide scarp can be seen in background (photos by Bill Phillips).

glacial

Glacier Geology at its best. Roy Breckenridge discusses glacial features found in the Lost River Range. The group is standing next to an end moraine deposit (photos by Bill Phillips).

mine hazards

A fossil hunt for Devonian critters. Jim Cash shows others what to look for (photos by Bill Phillips).

mine hazards

Mike Weaver lectures on the safety hazards of abandoned mines, like this one, found throughout Idaho (photo by Bill Phillips and Jim Cash)

Field work along the 1983 earthquake scarp. The participants are constructing profiles of scarp displacement using a GPS and tape (photos by Bill Phillips)