Michigan Tech

EAST AFRICA FIELD CAMP

Antenna 2010 Field Camp v 1.4 2/21/10

COURSES

Course offerings worth 5 or 6 credits of field work will be offered in 2010. Students desiring 6 credits can take both courses below. The 5-credit course is 4 weeks and includes intensive mapping in the Southern Kenya rift valley. The 1-week (1-credit) course includes a week mapping the reefs and studing reef ecology near Mombasa.  This year we are also offering a CEU (Continuing Education Unit) program. Click here to review that program.

GE 4916 Field Geology of East Africa (5 credits) (Long description) This 5-week course in field geology is intended to be the equivalent of a 5-6 week stateside field camp. The course will focus on the geology of the eastern branch of the East African Rift Valley in south-central Kenya from Tanzania to the equator. Studentsd will map structures, identify lithologies, make cross-sections, produce geogic maps, measure section and cover all the basics  generally covered in a geologic field course. Students will spend 5 days/week in the field. We will make 2-3 stops per day of 2-3 hour duration so that students can study and absorb the geology. Students will be expected to spend an average of two hours/day in the evening compiling and organizing notes, materials and samples or attending lectures and seminars. Maps and reports will be handed in at various times.

Students needing 6 credits can take GE 4916 (above) plus the 1-credit Special Topics course GE 4931(below).

GE 4931 Field Geology of Kenya Coast (1 credit) This course is spent examining the ecology of and and mapping the reefs along the Kenya coast north of Mombassa. Some time is spent in the water (snorkeling) and on the reefs. Mapping is from topographic and Landsat imagery.