Environmental Geology Field Camp

May 17 -  June 4, 2010

3 weeks - 3 semester credits

 

Application Deadline March 15, 2010

 

Cost: $2,695.00. Includes tuition, all fees, transportation from Rapid City, lodging and food. No camping

GeoE 399 is an environmental geology field course that provides students with an intense 3 week field and laboratory experience.  The course has been designed to enhance education and training for geological, environmental, and civil engineering students as well as geological and environmental science students.

Most environmental field problems have a strict geologic control including surface and ground water movement, soil and rock properties related to formation and exposure to structural processes, contamination pathways along or beneath the land surface, and natural vs. introduced sources. 

This course will introduce the undergraduate student or post-graduate requiring additional training to current field and laboratory methods that are utilized to delineate, define, and characterize environmental field problems.  During the course, the following topics will be explored:

  • Introduction to geology, earth structure, plate tectonics, earth stresses, engineering geology, environmental geology, maps, and mapping methods

  • Field experience related to problem definition, sampling protocol, and sample acquisition

  • Hands-on experience in field sampling techniques for soils, water, and air including the use of a  Geoprobe, soil augers, and automated water samplers

  • Hands on experience in quality control and sample preparation in the lab

  • Introduction to laboratory analytical equipment including SEM, TEM, ICP/MS, XRD, XRF, laser PSD.  Some or all of these instruments may be utilized in sample analysis.

  • Experience in data analysis and report writing

 

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Please contact BHNSFS at (605) 394-2494 or nuri.uzunlar@sdsmt.edu for more information.