Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains (EAS X429)

Hosted by: Indiana University

June 7, 2022 - July 21, 2022

https://iugfs.indiana.edu/courses/eas-x429/index.html

Description

There is no replacement for the experience of working in the field. Alumni credit their time at the Field Station as a key ingredient in subsequent career success. Our courses require you to work collaboratively with others to gain an integrative understanding of geology, collect and interpret data, and improve your conception of scale and the 3D geometry of complex structural earth forms.

Credits

6 credits with a 5 credit option (EAS X428) without a concentration week

Application Deadline

2022-02-28

Costs

Tuition - Preliminary course costs (without an academic scholarship) Non-resident-$6,820; IN Resident-$5,460
Other course fees - Course costs listed above cover tuition and fees.

Other Important Information

Our location sits at the intersection of the Sevier fold-thrust belt, Laramide province, and northern Basin-and-Range. All of these Cretaceous and Tertiary tectonic styles come together in the field station area because of the pre-Cretaceous geologic history of western North America and the underlying Precambrian crustal architecture that dates back at least 3.5 Ga. Rocks immediately around the IUGFS include Archean gneisses and schists, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks, Cretaceous-Tertiary intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks, and Neogene sedimentary rocks that are barely lithified.

The Field Station is located in the Tobacco Root Mountains, just south of Cardwell, Montana. We are surrounded by many spectacular geology localities including Yellowstone National Park, the Butte and Anaconda mining districts, Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park, and many more attractions.

Contact Info

For more information, contact Erika R. Elswick (IUGFS22@iu.edu) or Mike Rygel (rygelmc@potsdam.edu)