Adirondack Mountains & Thousand
Islands Region,
Geology Field Camp
Summer 2008
The State
University of New York at Oswego
Department
of Earth Sciences
View of the
Download the field
camp flyer here
We
encourage all interested people to view the slide show provided so you will get
a better understanding of the goals and objectives of the SUNY-Oswego Geology
Field Camp.
Locations:
Thousand Islands and
Dates: May 28 - June 28, 2008
Course and Credits: GEOL 481, 6 undergraduate credit hours;
GEO 581, 6 graduate credit hours
Students working in the Thousand Islands region and
COURSE PREREQUISITES
The SUNY-Oswego geology field program encouraged applicants from universities and colleges that have a required field component (field camp) in their undergraduate curriculum. All students are expected to have a strong background in geology. This may include completion of Physical Geology plus some upper level geology courses such as: Historical Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Sedimentary Geology (Sed.-Strat.), Paleontology, Tectonics, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Structural Geology.
The application form can be printed from the above web page and mailed, or you can copy the page, fill
it out, and send it as an attachment to: dvalenti@oswego.edu
DESCRIPTION AND GEOLOGIC SETTING
The
The
locations for the field program are driven by scientific field problems that
need to be addressed. This year, the program is split between two areas
in northern
1)
The first part of the field experience will be held in the Thousand Islands
region of the
2)
The second part of the program will be located in the central
The Adirondack Mountains, Thousand Islands, and Tug
Hill Plateau regions, of northern
Field camp students will arrive at
FIELD
Alec Gates: Professor of Geology, Chair (
This
year we are adding a new faculty member to the program with more than 25 years
of field experience. Dr. Alec Gates has
worked in the southern and central Appalachians,
Dave Valentino: Professor of Geology & Director of
Field Studies (SUNY Oswego): Structure, igneous and metamorphic geology, stratigraphy and tectonics.
Dave
Valentino brings experience to the Oswego Field Camp more than 20 years of
professional geological mapping in the Piedmont of the central and southern
Appalachians, the
Jeff Chiarenzelli: Associate Professor of Geology (St. Lawrence University) Structure,
igneous and metamorphic petrology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, mineralogy and tectonics.
Jeff
Chiarenzelli has spent most of his professional
career conducting field studies in hard-rock geology. Jeff brings to the
camp more than 25 years of field experience in the Adirondacks and the NWT,
Gary Solar: Associate Professor of Geology, Chair (
Gary
Solar is a field geologist who brings more than 15 years field experience to
the Oswego Field Camp. He has worked extensively mapping in the metamorphic and
igneous rocks of central and coastal
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TUITION AND FEES
In-state
Undergraduate In-state
program fee: $2800
Graduate In-state program
fee: $3450
The program fee includes six
credit hours from SUNY Oswego, instructional costs, subsistence, lodging,
travel, and limited supplies. Students
are responsible for their own travel expenses to and from
Out-of-state:
Out-of-state students have
several options to consider:
Undergraduate Out-of-State
program fee: $4350
Graduate Out-of-State fee: $4450
For
more information contact:
Dr. David W. Valentino, Director of
Field Studies
Department
of
Office: 315-312-2786
Dept.: 315-312-3065
E-Mail: dvalenti@oswego.edu
This information is
made available by the Department of Earth Sciences at SUNY Oswego. Copyright ©
2007 by D.W. Valentino. For further information contact: Department of
Earth Sciences, 307 Piez Hall, SUNY Oswego,