FIELD TRIP FOR ADVANCED GEOLOGY

Credit Hours: 1-4 · Graduate

A field trip course centered on weekly readings and several mapping projects carried out over the course of 1 week. The course will focus on western North American geology with emphasis on igneous and metamorphic petrology and structural geology in the context of regional tectonics. Field studies will be accompanied by quantitative data collection and analysis. Each student will be responsible for a small field-based project. Recommended Prerequisite(s): EEPS 322 and EEPS 323 Repeatable for Credit.