Geology Field School
An intensive field course that puts mapping, stratigraphy and structure together in a real mountain or Shield setting.
EASC-401 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Earth Sciences
Course content
- 1Field school safety and logisticsComing
- 2Regional geology of the field areaComing
- 3Measuring a stratigraphic sectionComing
- 4Mapping sedimentary contactsComing
- 5Mapping faults and foldsComing
- 6Igneous and metamorphic mappingComing
- 7Sampling for laboratory workComing
- 8Daily data compilation and digital mapsComing
- 9Building the cross-sectionComing
- 10Writing the geological historyComing
- 11The final map and legendComing
- 12Capstone: the field school report and presentationComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
An intensive field course that puts mapping, stratigraphy and structure together in a real mountain or Shield setting.
Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 4.