GEOL 452V - Regional Geology Excursion

3 Credit(s)

Students will learn about the geology of Nova Scotia via a mandatory field trip (summer). Field trip involves strenuous hikes over irregular terrain in variable weather. Specific stops include the fossil forests of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs World Heritage Site, Triassic rift basin deposits (desert deposits, dinosaurs, and basalt flows), Mississippian lake deposits with some of the oldest terrestrial tetrapods, an upside down angular unconformity at Rainy Cove, and many others. Following the trip, students may complete a research project (GEOL 453) on one of the areas visited. Instructor permission required.

As needed

Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 AND GEOL 103 AND GEOL 125