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GY 135 4610
Geology of the Pikes Peak Region
Block B: June 29 - July 17
1 CC unit (4 semester hours). Fulfills the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigations of the Natural World lab or field requirement at Colorado College. One natural sciences credit.

Classroom assignment: Palmer 16

An introductory physical geology course with a strong emphasis on field observations. This class is equivalent to GY 140, the Physical Geology course taught during the regular academic year. Students learn to identify minerals and rocks in outcrops, to make observations and interpretations of the history of the rocks, to understand the processes that cause folding, faulting and erosion of the rocks, and to record these observations and interpretations on maps.

Prerequisites: None. Enrollment limited to 25 students.
Emily Pope

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