The Albion College Geology Department has been our running regional field trip course every spring semester for the past several decades. See links at right. The 0.5 unit course culminates in a field trip to the geological region of interest, as listed below:
2011 Pacific Northwest
2010 Central Appalachians
2009 Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
2008 Eastern Sierra Nevada / Death Valley
2007 Mississippi River- New Orleans
2006 British Isles
2005 Central Appalachians
2004 Ontario
2003 Hawaii
2002 Maine
2001 British Isles
2000 Northern Arizona and New Mexico
1999 Missouri
1998 Alaska
1997 Central Appalachians
1996 Missouri
1995 British Isles- Scotland, Wales
1994 Ontario
1993 Central Appalachians
1992 Iceland
1991 Missouri- St. Francis Mtns.
1990 Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
1989 New England
1987 Hawaii
1988 Ontario
1986 Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula
1985 Smoky Mountains
1984 Big Bend, TX
1983 New England
Catalog description of Geo 210. A field study of the structure and stratigraphy of selected geologic provinces. During the second half of the spring semester the class will meet once a week to discuss readings related to the geology of the field study. The field study itself will last for eight to ten days typically beginning the day after commencement in May. Pre-Requisites: Either Geology 101 or 103, or permission of the instructor. (0.5 units)
