Geology Field Course Scholarship: Supports field courses vital to our undergraduate programs, such as the JMU Geology Field Course in Ireland
Geology Field Course in Ireland
May 16 - June 24, 2018 (tentative)
Course and Application Information
The JMU Geology Field Course in Ireland is physically rigorous, and will require strenuous hiking over fairly rough terrain 6 days per week.
Schedule
Weeks 1-4: General field methods
- Traditional and Digital Mapping
- Stratigraphy and Petrology
- Engineering Geology
- Surficial Processes
Weeks 5-6: Applications
- Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis
- Petroleum Geology Applications
- Groundwater Hydrology and Karst Interactions
2017 Syllabus (.pdf)
Projects
- Field Areas
- Field Equipment List
- Digital Mapping
- Environmental Projects
- Surficial Processes