Department Field Trips

 

Student Field Trips

The Department runs Field Courses that are integral parts of our Programs and Modules; in addition, we run field trips that are a part of specific courses, as well as trips that are not for specific credit but nevertheless provide important breadth of experience.

 

SEG Field Excursions

Each year, the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) student chapter at Western typically organizes one or more, non-credit field trips to areas of economic mineralization. Trips in the last few years have included Arizona, the southern Appalachians, the Adirondacks, Southeastern California, Marquette Iron Ranges, and a traverse of the Kapuskasing High.

 

Field Courses

Whitefish Falls, Ontario. ES 2250Y, field mapping. Drs. Corcoran and Osinski (Early May)

Sudbury area, Ontario. ES 3350Y, advanced field mapping. Drs. Jiang and Moser (Early May).

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. ES 4450Y. Regional field geology. Drs. Plint and Cheadle (Early September)

Eastern Ontario. ES 4451Z. Practical application of geophysical techniques. Dr. Pratt. (Early September).

International Field School. ES 4459Y / GL 9600). Thematic field course to a different international destination each year; theme usually focuses on economic geology. Dr. Banerjee (April/May)
2011 Philippines
2010 Turkey: to an area recognized as a major metallogenic belt.
2009 Spain and Portugal: the Iberian Pyrite Belt.
2008 Cornwall, England: classic tin-tungsten mineralization.

Field Trips integrated with lab-based Earth Science Courses

Geology of the Niagara Escarpment. Field trip open to all first year Earth Science students. Drs. Plint, Pratt, and other faculty. (One day trip in mid October).

Georgian Bay Geo-Traverse. Four day field trip for second-year students to supplement laboratory instruction in ES 2200a, 2201b, 2260a and 2265a. Dr. Plint, with other faculty. (September).

Bancroft area, Ontario. Weekend field trip to supplement ES 2206a (mineralogy) and ES 3313a (igneous petrology) courses. Drs. Flemming and Linnnen. (September).

Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Weekend field trip to supplement ES 4460a (Sedimentary environments) course. Dr. Plint. (September, alternate years).

Kingston area, Ontario. Weekend field trip to supplement ES 4460a (sedimentary environments) course. Dr. Plint. (September, alternate years).

Medway Creek and UWO campus, London. Day trips to supplement ES 3340a (Hydrology). Dr. Schincariol. (October, November).

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Day trip to supplement laboratory material in ES 2266g (Evolution of Vertebrates). Dr. Jin. (Winter term).

Various sites in SW Ontario. Four day trips to supplement ES2130y. Lithosphere structure of SW Ontario, rock and drill core examination, Quaternary sediments, modern hydrology, postglacial and modern shorelines. Dr. Moser (Fall term).

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