Field experiences

We believe that the best way to learn the practice of geology is in the field. For this reason, we offer field trip opportunities for students with a range of geological skills and backgrounds. Many of these trips are open to non-majors. Click on the links below to see photos of some of our field lab experiences and other field trips!

• GEOL 320, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy field exercise in Arkansas!
• GEOL 260 and 460, Regional Geology and Geological Field Methods (Field camp) in southern Nevada and California
• Badlands and Black Hills trip
• Bitter Spring field research area
• Environmental Geology (GEOL 115) field trip to Taylors Falls

Jessie's research lies primarily in basin analysis with a biogeochemistry flavor. She recently completed a project in Tertiary transtensional lacustrine basins in the Lake Mead region of Nevada. Hoping to inform the residents in the PLSL Watershed District about fertilizers and other contaminants washing into the lake, Nick is carefully analyzing geochemical data from sediment cores from Lower Prior Lake. Jane’s research focuses primarily on basin analysis and lacustrine carbonate sedimentology in the Lake Mead region of Southern Nevada.