The Value of Reservoir-Bottom Field Trips for Undergraduate Geology Courses

From: Journal of Geoscience Education | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Teachers of sediment-related geology courses should consider taking their classes on field trips to exposed reservoir bottoms. A wonderful variety of fluvial, deltaic, and lacustrine features and processes can be observed there. A visit to a modern sedimentary environment such as a reservoir bottom gives students important personal experience that they can draw on when learning to interpret sedimentary rocks using the principle of uniformitarianism. It can also inspire investigation of a range of related geological and environmental issues.

INTRODUCTION

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