Surface and subsurface methods utilizing petrolgic and geophysical data. Laboratory emphasizes correlation problem from geologic maps and subsurface data. Emphasis on application to mineral exploration and development. Practical experience in collecting and presenting basic field data. Includes field mapping of stratigraphic and structural problems, aerial photographs, plane table maps and preparation of professional reports and geologic maps.
Students pay own transportation, subsistence and tuition.
Early registration recommended. Emphasis on the relationship to petroleum occurrences and petroleum exploration. Laboratory exercises on mapping, structural problems and fancies relationships in petroleum exploration. Emphasis on principles of biostratigraphy and paleoecology, application to geologic problems, and case studies from Alaska. Laboratory studies of fossil assemblages with emphasis on stratigraphically significant groups.