Advanced Field Geology

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

A field trip of up to two week's duration consisting of a transect of a major geological belt (usually the Canadian Cordillera, occasionally internationally). The focus varies with location, with the Cordilleran trip focusing on the tectonic interpretation of rock packages; the processes responsible for orogenesis; the role of orogens in the construction, growth, and evolution of continents; and how orogens affect and are affected by climate and the Earth system.