Field and laboratory techniques used in the analysis of regional rock sequences. This course will be offered as a complement to geology courses in which many of the applications involve the use of computers and modeling.
Examples are geotechnics and soil mechanics, hydrology and groundwater geology, etc.
Students will be expected to have some knowledge of computers and programming, and to have as a prerequisite or corequisite basic knowledge of the appropriate geological specialty. May be taken as a laboratory component to another course or as independent study. Fundamental concepts of geotectonics. Back to 700 Level Courses Geology 715 - Introductory Field Geology 2 credits Two to three weeks of supervised field work, with the results presented in a geologic map accompanied by a written report, cross sections, and appropriate diagrams and illustrations. Geology 715 must be followed by Geology 716 to meet the geology field course requirement.