Field Opportunities (under construction: 2/25/08)

Field Camp
The Albion College Geology Department offers a 5-week field camp each summer.  The field camp travels through northwestern Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, and the Black Hills in South Dakota.  During the field camp students gain experience in both traditional geologic field mapping and electronic GPS mapping techniques in a variety of geologic settings.  Rock types and settings include Precambrian granites, gneisses, and schists, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic strata,  Tertiary volcanics, and Pleistocene glacial deposits.  For more information see the field camp web page.
	Field Research
	Fieldwork is essential for the majority of geology research.  Albion College Geology Dept. faculty have recently conducted fieldwork in Antarctica, western China, northwestern Wyoming, eastern California, western South Dakota, as well as locally in southern Michigan. Students conduct research projects regularly conduct fieldwork as well.  Recent student field research projects included three separate Antarctic research projects on glacial-volcanic contacts, analyses of a tuff-ring complex, and a study of sea-floor basalt deposits, paleontological studies in Wyoming, analyses of climate change impacts on plants along the California-Nevada border.  Additionally, many geology courses at all levels include student field research.
Regional Geology Field Trip
Regional Field Geology, Geology 210, is a course taught each spring that culminates in a field trip that tends to last eight to ten days. Below is a list of past field trips. Click on the trips below to see photos from a specific regional class.   Destination Year Eastern Sierra Nevada / Death Valley 2008 Mississippi River- New Orleans 2007 British Isles 2006 Central Appalachians 2005 Ontario 2004 Hawaii 2003 Maine 2002 British Isles 2001 Northern Arizona and New Mexico 2000 Missouri 1999 Alaska 1998 Central Appalachians 1997 Missouri 1996 British Isles- Scotland, Wales 1995 Ontario 1994 Central Appalachians 1993 Iceland 1992 Missouri- St. Francis Mtns. 1991 Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula 1990 New England 1989 Ontario 1988 Hawaii 1987 Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula 1986 Smoky Mountains 1985 Big Bend, TX 1984 New England 1983 Ontario 1982 Smoky Mountains 1981