Science in the High Andes | Day In The Life of A Geologist

University of Arizona Geoscience PhD students Caden Howlett and Chance Ronemus recently completed their second field season in the south-central Andes of South America (31-36S). This video records another day in our life…a big one! We map surficial geology, investigate potential faults, sample rock for thermochronology, and take a long hike thru the high Andes of Argentina. Please reach out with any geology-related questions and I hope you enjoy the video.

Our work is part of an interdisciplinary effort to understand the geologic evolution of the Andean mountain belt (TANGO; the “Trans ANdean Great Orogeny”). Funding for this research is provided by the Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES) program and the National Science Foundation (NSF). For more information on the broader work being conducted, see this recent Q&A Caden did with the UA College of Science:
https://science.arizona.edu/news/coll...

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Music:
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 - I. Adagio sostenuto)
PhantomOnTheTrack - HabbaBabba