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EAS 237 - Geological Field Techniques

Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours VARIABLE
Fee index 6
Faculty Science
Department Earth & Atmospheric Sci
Typically Offered either term

Description
Geological field exercises designed to teach the fundamentals of recording field data; identifying rocks, fossils, and minerals in the field; geological mapping; reconstructing depositional environments; Quaternary geology; and the description and interpretation of tectonic structures. This field school will run following the Winter examination period or preceding the Fall term. Prerequisites: EAS 233, and one of EAS 222, 235 or 236. Cannot be taken if credit has already been received for EAS 234. [Faculty of Science]