Eastern Sierra Trip offered every fall
Death Valley Trip offered every spring
Colordao Plateau Trip offered every summer
Summer Field Trip offered every other year

Earth 132: Death Valley

(San Andreas Fault, Black and Funeral Mountains, Dante's View, Badwater,
Devils Golf Course, Ubehebe Craters, Sand Dunes, and more...)
Study the forces that formed the deepest valley in the western hemisphere!
Contact Jan Schultz, Jeff Meyer, or Michael Robinson, for more information.

• Death Valley 2012 (turn sound on for videos)
    Photos: Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5
    Music Videos: Day1, D1Tnts, Day2, Day3, Day4, D4Dunes, D4Darwin, Day5
    If no sound: : Day1, D1Tnts, Day2, Day3, Day4, D4Dunes, D4Darwin, Day5
• Death Valley Petrology 2013 (Photos by Betsy Weiss)
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Earth 133: Colorado Plateau

An honors-level field seminar to the parks of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah (Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Arches, Natural Bridges, Monument Valley, Capital Reef, and more...)
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131 or 132 is recommended.
Contact Jan Schultz or Jeff Meye for more information.

• Colorado Plateau 2013:
    Ron Foster Pictures
• The 2011 Crew (write-up on participants)
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• FTP website for 2008 pictures
• Colorado Plateau 2008:
     Ron Foster's Pictures
• Colorado Plateau 2006:
     Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7,
     Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Earth 134: Western Sierra Nevada

A field seminar to the Western Sierra Nevada. Designed both for students with no geology background and for students with geology background that want to learn about a new area.  Contact Jeff Meyer or Bill Dinklage for more information.

• Western Sierra 2008 Photos
  Photos by: Dennis, Ryan, Sam, Amanda
• Western Sierra 2004 Photos
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!

Summer Field Course

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   --Course Info and Instructions

Earth 137 - Introductory Field Geology is a 3.2 unit course offered in the summer. The dates are June 17 through July 9, 2013, with the first two weeks in S.B. and the last few days in the White-Inyo Mountains, near Bishop

Earth 138 - Geologic Field Camp is a 4.3 unit course offered from July 10 to July 26, with the first two weeks in the field and the last two days in S.B. writing up your final projects.

Who can take it?
Any student who has had a beginning geology course such as Earth 111-Dynamnic Earth with lab and/or Earth 112 - History of the Earth with lab can take Earth 137. The better-prepared students are those who have had the labs. Earth 125 - Mineralogy and Earth 126 - Petrology are helpful courses but not required. For Earth 138, you must have completed Earth 137 or have the consent of the instructor.

Canada (Summer)
(Three Weeks)

An honors level field seminar to study the geology of the western US and Canada(Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Crater Lake, Mt Lassen, and more...).
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131, 132, or 133, is strongly recommended. 
Contact Jan Schultz (schultz@sbcc.edu) or Jeff Meyer (meyerj@sbcc.edu) for more information.

• Canada 2006 (pictures by R. Foster):
  Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7,
  Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14,
  Day 15, Day 16, Day 17, Day 18, Day 19, Day 20, Day 21,
  Day 22, Day 23, Day 24
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  and to view pictures from previous trips!