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Cost: $3,195.00
for consortium members and $3,695 no-consortium.
Includes
tuition, all fees, transportation Rapid City, lodging and food. No Camping |
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GeoE 410
is a six credit engineering geology field course that provides
students with an intense 5 week field and laboratory experience. The
course has been designed to enhance education and training for
geological engineering students.
T he
Precambrian metamorphic, Phanerozoic sedimentary, and Tertiary igneous
rocks of the Black Hills set the stage for the field course. The course
provides a varied and challenging setting for the instruction and
practice of constracting geologic maps at various scales, using topographic maps
and aerial photographs as base maps, and measuring and collecting
engineering -related data for site characterization projects.
 The
first week consists of preparation of engineering stratigraphic columns, geologic
maps, structural cross sections, and completion of formal reports for
selected locations in the Black Hills. Practical applications of
engineering and environmental problems are emphasized. The
remaining four weeks are devoted
to engineering problems including surface-water and ground-water
hydrology, geomechanics, engineering work design and mineral resource assessment in the northern
Black Hills and northeastern Wyoming.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND COSTS
- Prerequisites
include: completion of junior year of study in Geological
Engineering, Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Stratigraphy/Sedimentation,
and Structural Geology, or consent of the Director.
- The cost
(including food, travel and lodging, while at the course) is $3,195
for students from consortium and $3,695 for non-consortium
students.
- Lodging for
the duration of the course will be SDSM&T dormitory in Rapid City,
SD. Bring bedding sheets for single bed, pillowcase, towels, blanket
etc.
- There is a
course limit of 40 persons.
- In addition to
standard Brunton compasses, students will utilize GPS and laser
scanners for detailed mapping.
- Eight-hour
days are expected in the field with reports and maps completed
during evening hours, Fridays and Saturdays.
- Each week
comprises six days of work with Sundays free for individual
activities. Some optional Sunday field trips are planned for
students unfamiliar with the Black Hills.
- Memorial Day is considered a work day.
FACULTY
Geology and
Geological Engineering professors and staff from: South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology; University of Mississippi; University
of North Dakota; and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Please contact BHNSFS at (605)
394-2494
for more information.
nuri.uzunlar@sdsmt.edu
register online
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