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Estimated Cost
USA (6
credit hours) tuition (in state): $1000 (estimated)
Course Fee (including deposit): $1200
TOTAL: $2200
NOTE: all students
must present proof of insurance coverage for May - June 2010 by May 1, 2010 (turn in
with fee).
Course Prerequisites
Petrology and Structural Geology; or permission of instructor
Important 2010 Dates
Deadline for $200 deposit: Feb. 1
Deadline for $1200 fee: May 3
Mobile to Inks Lake S.P.,TX : May 9
GY480 starts: Monday May 10
Arrive in Palo Duro S.P. TX: May 22
Arrive in Taos, NM: May 24
Arrive at Sunset Crater, AZ: May
30
Arrive in Grand Canyon North Rim:
May 31
Van arrives back in Mobile:
June 4
All projects due: June 18
Calendar
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Accommodations & Camping
May 9 - May 21
Inks
Lake State Park, Texas
(tent camping)
May 22-23, Palo Duro State Park TX/(tent camping)
May 24 - May 29
Rio
Grande Recreation Area, Taos New
Mexico (Sangre de Cristo Mountains, tent camping)
May 30: Sunset Crater (tent camping), Flagstaff AZ
May 31- June 1
North Rim Grand Canyon
National Park
(tent camping site)
June 2: Alb., NM (motel)
June 3: Austin, TX
(motel)
June 4: depart for Mobile, AL
Google
links to Campsites
(use
Google Earth to load files)
Field Geology Gear Links
REI
Outfitters: Camping Gear, GPS, Backpacks, Outdoor Clothing
Campmor
Outfitters: Camping Gear, Outdoor Clothing, Lanterns, Headlamps
Forestry Suppliers, Inc.:
Good source for rock picks, GPS, Drafting supplies, Pocket transit,
Notebooks, First Aid kits, Insect repellents.
Textbook
(Compton, 1985, Geology in the Field)
Pocket
Transit (Brunton Compass; Azimuth International is best)
Field
Notebook (select Transit style)
Rock
Pick (Rock hammer)
GPS
(Same type used by Earth Sciences Dept)
Mountain Press Publishing:
source of “Roadside Geology” book series. Informative reading for those
long van rides, and a reference for regional geology information useful in
written reports.
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