Even though GSU has recently converted to the semester system, field camp will remain a tradiational mapping course and the program will stay largely the same as in previous years. Mapping will be conducted on metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Archean to Recent. Students eligible to receive graduate credit for the course should register for GEOL 6009. Students normally work in pairs in the field, but individually are responsible for completion of each project. Also, several one-day exercises on a variety of rock types and structures in the Montana Thrust Belt will be carried out.
Mapping is conducted on topographic base maps and air photos.
Each student completes all work for each exercise which includes maps, air photos, cross-sections, stratigraphic columns, lithologic descriptions, geologic histories, etc. Mapping is conducted six days per week for 7-8 hours in the field. Meetings and drafting work on maps are reserved for the evenings. Grades are assigned at the end of the course based on work completed during the camp. It is the policy of field camp not to return maps and projects at the end of field camp.