Boston University will not host the Ireland field camp this summer, 2006. Instead, we are pleased to announce that the field camp will be coordinated through James Madison University. The course content, location, and scope have not changed. We encourage all students interested in this field camp to contact the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences at James Madison University
www.jmu.edu/geology/fieldcourse

Students interested in applying to this field camp will need to do so through James Madison University.

A Grand Combination: Field Course and Study-Abroad Experience!

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Goals of the Course:

We train you to see the "Big Picture."

Field data collected using modern digital instruments are analyzed in Galway University's GIS lab and are related to cycles of supercontinent assembly and break-up.

Our environmental program relates map patterns of ground water contamination to potential local sources of pollution and environmental stress.

After mapping glacial geomorphic features in Iceland and Ireland, we show you how to interpret them in terms of North Atlantic deep water formation.

Training:

We aim to train the next generation of field-oriented earth scientists in

(i) classical skills (recognition of minerals, fossils, lithologies, structures, etc.)

combined with

(ii) modern digital mapping techniques (differential GPS, GIS, Digital Terrain Modeling, Dynamic Digital Mapping, etc.).

Location:

After the introductory short course in Iceland, the camp is located in the spectacular, unspoiled glaciated hills and valleys of western Ireland. Precambrian metamorphic rocks, Paleozoic metasediments, meta-volcanics, igneous intrusions, Tertiary dikes, and Quaternary deposits are all superbly exposed. Our home base - the quaint Irish village of Clonbur - is approximately 40 kilometres from the medieval walled city of Galway, a cultural center for traditional Irish music and theatre.

The final week is based in the karst limestone of The Burren, one of Europe's most precious natural environments.

Academia, goverment, and industry all cry out for graduates with digital mapping skills and the ability to synthesize data from disparate sub-disciplines. Our goal is to empower you to supply that demand!