Description
Dirk Van Hart leads a virtual geologic tour through the stunning Upper Rio Jemez Valley and San Diego Canyon—New Mexico’s gateway to the Jemez Mountains. This small area showcases a rich array of geologic features, from 1.7 billion to just a few thousand years old. Van Hart highlights and explains these often-overlooked formations, weaving them into a clear, engaging geologic story.
Dirk Van Hart spent 25 years as a petroleum geologist in Oklahoma, Texas, Central and South America, and Italy, plus 12 years as a geologist in New Mexico. Since semi-retirement in 2003 he has published three books and given 27 talks at Oasis.