Department of Geosciences
North Dakota State University
GEOLOGY
450
FIELD GEOLOGY
FALL SEMESTER, 2008
This Fall's field course will be held September 6th-12th
Stark County,
North
Dakota
INTRODUCTION
Field Geology is the capstone course for the Geology program and requires knowledge gained in Geomorphology, Petrology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, and Structural Geology. Previous experience indicates that students who do not have a solid background in these topics are at a disadvantage and likely will not be able to complete the course. You are strongly advised not to take Field Geology unless you have completed several upper-level geology courses and are strongly motivated to finish the course. If you know that there is a strong possibility that you will be attending NDSU in the Fall semester of 2008, then I suggest you delay taking Field Geology until that time.
The
purpose of the course is that you demonstrate that you are capable of integrating
your knowledge to interpret the geology of the Little Badlands. At a practical
level, it is a demonstration that you can conduct research and write an extensive
report of the type required by companies and in graduate-level courses
Clickon photo for enlarged version). |
Julie Lucy measuring strike
and dip of beds using a Brunton Compass, Little Badlands, North Dakota.
(Photo Allan Ashworth) |
| Luke Rutten using a TOPCON
Total Station to measure a geological cross-section, Little Badlands, North
Dakota.
(Photo Allan Ashworth) |
(Click on photo for enlarged version). |
MAGNETIC DECLINATION INFORMATION
LITERATURE RESOURCES (Courtesy of Lura Joseph, Geology Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
DIGITIZING (Courtesy Shawn Johnson, Agri ImaGIS)
IMAGES (2002) FOR USE IN GEOLOGY 450 REPORTS
EXAMPLE OF A REFERENCE SECTION
INFORMATION FOR SEDIMENTOLOGY CHAPTER
INFORMATION FOR STRUCTURE CHAPTER
INFORMATION FOR INTRODUCTION (ECOREGIONS MAP)
Allan Ashworth
Department of Geosciences
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5517
Ph. (701) 231-7919
E-mail: allan.ashworth@ndsu.edu
