Introductory Field Geology and Geology Field Camp

Hosted by: Santa Barbara City College

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Students use excellent exposure of tilted beds of the Miocene Monterey Formation in the first 3-week field course to learn how to take strike and dips of bedding.

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Students working on map inking and coloring at our camp in the White Mts--capstone project for the 1st 3-week course.

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June 19, 2023 - August 2, 2023

https://www.sbcc.edu/earthscience/courses/erth-137-138.php

Description

Students learn basic field geology skills, including using the Brunton compass, plotting strikes and dips on a map, drafting geologic maps, measuring stratigraphic section and drafting stratigraphic columns, taking professional quality field notes, and drafting geologic reports. Instruction in the second 3-week field course builds on these skills and adds mapping the tectonic geomorphology of the San Andreas Fault zone, creating a topographic map, and constructing a detailed photo-map of a high grade metamorphic outcrop. The first 3-week course has a capstone project mapping for four days in the Little Poleta Folds, eastern California; the capstone experience for the second 3-week course is a five-day mapping project in the Cuyama Badlands (also in California).

Credits

4.5 units each (total = 9 for six weeks of field camp)

Application Deadline

2023-06-01

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Costs

Tuition - Each 3-week course: $207 for CA residents; $1724 for out-of-state residents
Other course fees - $129 for the 1st 3-week course; $324 for the 2nd 3-week course

Other Important Information

Students will be expected to be able to identify and interpret representatives of the three main rock types that are typically taught in a physical geology lab. Outside of that, all field skills are taught from the ground up.

Students can opt to take only the first 3-week course (ends July 11), but if they want to take the second, they must take the first as a prerequisite.

Students will be responsible for their own housing during the first two weeks of the 1st 3-week course. The field course organizers are looking into arranging a housing option (camping or local apartments), but there will be an additional charge for it.

Contact Info

For more information, contact Bill Dinklage (wsdinklage@sbcc.edu) or Libby Gans (eigans@pipeline.sbcc.edu)