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FIELD TRIPS

Regional Trips

Other Geology Trips

REGIONAL GEOLOGY

All geology majors, combined majors, and minors are required to take Geology 358 (Regional Geology). Each semester the department takes a four day field trip an area of geologic interest in the Northwest. Students taking Geo 358 are required to write a paper summarizing the geology seen on the trip. Other geology students can (and do) go on the trips for the field experience (Geo 158). Most students attend these trips as often as possible for the experience, but also because they are a lot of fun! Valuable field skills are learned on these trips that cannot be taught in the classroom. As a result of this type of learning experience, as well as the many field trips taken in labs, Whitman geologists tend to excel in their later endeavors at field camps and graduate schools.

Our Classroom, Glacier National Park, Montana

 

STUDENTS: Dates and Location of regional trips are announced at the beginning of each semester. Trip logistics are handled by the Geology Technician. If you are interested in going you must register for Geo 358 or 158 online AND notify Tara that you will be attending

 

Recent Regional Geology Field Trips
Academic Year Fall Semester Spring Semester
1999-2000 Northern Idaho Okanogan Highlands, Washington
2000-2001 Baker Terrane, Central Oregon Baker, Izee, and Olds Ferry Terranes, Central Oregon
2001-2002 Newberry Caldera and Basin and Range Province, Oregon Oregon Coast, from Lincoln City to Newport
2002-2003 Newberry Caldera and Steens Mountain, Oregon From the North American Craton to the Wallowa Exotic Terrane: The Suture Zone, Idaho
2003-2004 City of Rocks, Idaho South Central Oregon
2004-2005 San Juan Islands, Washington Glacier National Park, Montana
2005-2006 Snake River Plain, Idaho Southeast Oregon

 

OTHER FIELD TRIPS