Field Camp 2024 Rocked!
A group of students led by Dr. Pete Decelles and Dr. Barbara Carrapa explored the geological history of wester North America during the summer's field camp course, GEOS 414.
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GEOS 414 is a five-week, 6-credit, capstone field course that integrates and builds on classroom-based knowledge to develop new understanding of geological processes, with a focus on the 2.5 billion year geological record of western North America. Our overall objective is to train geoscientists to solve complex, four-dimensional scientific problems using multiple working hypotheses and critical thinking. We prepare students for graduate school and careers in geoscience disciplines. Our classroom consists of the North American Cordilleran orogenic belt (the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Basin-and-Range, and Sierra Nevada) and its spectacular geological landscapes, including the Grand Canyon, Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments, Bryce Canyon and Circle Cliffs National Parks, the Book Cliffs, and various mountain ranges in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and California. Our faculty are renowned experts on the geology of the western U.S. Unlike many field camps, ours is mobile and designed to provide an integrated understanding of orogenic systems, leveraging the unique natural laboratory of western U.S. geology in a focused, distraction-free environment to promote personal and professional growth. Great testimonials on the benefits of field camps can be found in this article.