North Carolina Summer Geology Field Camp 2010

May 12 to June 20

Course Information

GEOLOGY 4000 - 6 semester hours - May 12 - June 20, 2010

FEES:  Total cost for applicants  $3,300 + $50/$75 Application Fee - All food and camping-lodging expenses are covered in the course fees.                                     

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  MARCH 15, 2010.  Applications after March 15 are welcome as long as space remains for additional students.
 

PREREQUISITES:  Courses in Mineralogy, Petrology, Stratigraphy (preferred but not required), Structural Geology, and Field Methods.  If you are lacking one or more of these courses, it may still be possible to attend camp.  Please contact the Field Course Director, Dr. Stephen Harper, to discuss your individual situation.

    Overview of the North Carolina Geology Field Course

    The North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course is a 6 week, 6-semester hour, capstone Geology Field Course administered by the Department of Geological Sciences at East Carolina University.  The North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course is conducted in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado within a geologic and tectonic setting that includes the Southern Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, the Rio Grande Rift, the Jemez Volcanic Center, and the San Juan Basin.  The course emphasizes field mapping and is designed to train students in field oriented problem solving and critical thinking that will prepare them for a professional career in the Geological Sciences. The New Mexico and Colorado regional setting allows us to introduce students to intensely deformed Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Paleozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, middle to late Cenozoic volcanic terrains, and late Cenozoic alluvial and colluvial sediments. 

     In addition to four field mapping exercises, we conduct exercises in applied geology, which include the hydrogeology-geomorphology of the Rio Grande del Rancho Drainage Basin and reconnaissance level landslide mapping and slope stability analysis in the Rio Grande Gorge.  Short one to two day field trips to the Jemez Volcanic Center and Bandelier National Monument, Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and the Creede, CO mining district are also scheduled.

    The North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course is in its 46th year of operation.  The 2010 Field Course will be taught by faculty from East Carolina University, Appalachian State University, Arizona State University, and perhaps other UNC-system universities, and by professional geologists from Groundwater Management Associates, Brame Geoscience, and the North Carolina Geological Survey.

Students represented at the North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course from 2003 - 2009 include:

Appalachian State University

Texas A&M University

East Carolina University

University of Vermont

UNC – Chapel Hill

University of Pittsburgh

UNC – Charlotte

Temple University

UNC – Wilmington

Boston University

North Carolina State University

James Madison University

Elizabeth City State University

Radford University

Guilford College

Virginia Tech University

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

SUNY - Fredonia

Midwestern State University - Texas

George Mason University

Middle Tennessee State University

Concord University, West Virginia

Wichita State University