The University Calendar description of Glgy 561 allows for a five-day field component at the start of the fall term. This year all students taking Glgy 561 will be required to participate in a field excursion to Great Falls, Montana. The Great Falls area has excellent outcrops of formations present beneath the Alberta plains. Measured sections of Cretaceous siliciclastics and Mississippian carbonates will provide basic data for laboratory exercises and written reports to be completed during the term.
Lectures given in the field are an integral part of the course.
Transportation for the field trip will be provided by the University. Volunteer drivers will be required, so please bring your driver's permit. We shall spend four nights in Great Falls. The motel in Great Falls is rudimentary but adequate. I have made reservations for the group.