Introduction to the Black Canyon City LandslideKaatje Kraft
(designed with Robin Paarlberg Fergason at Arizona State
University for her Preparing Future Faculty Project) Mesa
Community College Intended Audience: Community College students
in introductory physical and environmental geology classes Black
Canyon City, AZ - 7:45 am - Meet at MCC - 8:00 am - LEAVE MCC
(meet on the South Side of the Physical Science Building #8--
click here for a map of campus) - 9:00 am - Stop in Black Canyon
City (BCC) for a pit stop (our last "civilized" bathroom for
most of the day)--grocery store & bathroom included. - 9:30 am -
Arrive at field location and start hiking (this will involve
some steep inclines and rugged terrain). - Lunch on the
landslide. - 3:00 pm - Arrive back at the vans. We'll stop back
in BCC for any needed pit stops on the way out of town. - 4-5 pm
- Arrive back at MCC. Students could understand the system that
is causing this landslide without hiking, but probably not
understand the mechanism quite as wel