Dr. Al Pekarek and Dr. Kate Pound take turns teaching EAS 307. Dr. Pound is teaching EAS 307 in Fall 2008, and Dr. Pekarek will teach EAS 307 in Fall 2009.

More Course Information:
EAS 307 focuses on developing geological field skills required of a practicing geoscientist. These include working with (describing, mapping, making appropriate measurements in, interpreting and reporting on sediments, as well as sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. In this course we meet on Wednesday afternoons in order to both wrap up field work from the previous week, as well as to prepare for field work on Fridays (or longer field trips).

Instructor: Office hours will be posted outside her office (WSB-44) during the first week of the semester.

FIELD TRIPS: Click on the field trip title to get Route, Lodging/Camping and Emergency Contact Information, as well as post-trip pictures. This will be updated as information becomes available.

Sept 29th: College Quarries (local)
Sept 5th: Radio Tower (local)
Sept 12th - 14th: Northern Minnesota
Sept 19th: Quaternary 1 (local)
Sept 24th - 28th: South Dakota
Oct 3rd: Quarry Park 1 (local)
Oct 10th: Quarry Park 2 (local)
Oct 17th: Quaternary 2 (local)
Oct 31st - Nov 2nd: SE Minnesota
Nov 7th: St. Cloud Aggregates (local)
Nov 14th: Skills Test

Required Text: The Geoscience Handbook, AGI Datasheets, 4th Edition. Compiled by J. Douglas Walker and Harvey A. Cohen, published by the American Geological Institute.
ISBN 0-922152-75-6.
It is available in theHusky Bookstore and online at www.agiweb.org.

Required Equipment: You will need to have adequate/appropriate footwear and outdoor foul-weather clothing. You will also need to purchase a Rite-in-the-rain Field notebook, and ALWAYS have your hand lens with you, as well as colored pencils and a pencil for taking notes in your field notebook.

FIELD NOTES RULE!