Geology in the National Parks Region of Utah and Nevada
This is a broad based field experience offering an opportunity to see a large variety of geological features first hand as they occur in the National Parks Region of Utah and Nevada's Basin and Range to Colorado Plateaux area. Some of the features that will be studied during this field experience include: alpine glaciation, large scale lacustrine sedimentation and geomorphology, igneous stock with metamorphic halo, regional metamorphism and crustal extension, volcanic caldera and explosive volcanism, lava flows, roll over thrush faulting and crustal shortening, ancient and modern sand dunes, and major regional unconformities. There will also be an introduction to field mapping .
In-Service teachers of geoscience are invited to participate in this three-hour graduate level field geology experience. The Division of Geosciences at Southern Utah University in Cedar City , Utah will offer this one-week long field experience August 1-7, 2004 .
Course requirements: Participate in the week long field experience. Maintain a field journal to be submitted along with a typed report about the field experience within two weeks of the completion of the experience. Write two detailed classroom lesson plans utilizing the information and materials gathered during the field experience. Course participants will post all of the lesson plans on the class's webpage for mutual use.
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- Catalog Description of course
- Requirements and Fees
- Admission Form
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C. Frederick Lohrengel II , Ph.D.
Division of Geosciences
Southern Utah University
Cedar City , UT 84720
lohrengel@suu.edu
Phone: 435-586-7941
Fax: 435-865-8051
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