Advanced Field Course
Dates: July 19th- August 15th
Earth and Planetary Science 118
University of California, Berkeley taught in Wise River, Montana
Summer Semester 2008 (Enroll in Spring semester)
Instructor:: George Brimhall
Questions: brimhall@berkeley.edu Syllabus Overview: EPS 118 is the final field course for Geology track EPS majors at UC Berkeley. This course is an advanced field mapping course taught entirely using digital mapping methods learned in EPS 101.
Photos 2007 
Geology Day in Wise River 
Personal Conduct Code Mariah's Challenge 
Objectives, Culture, and Reading List
Pre-requisites: EPS 50 (Planet Earth) and EPS 101 (Field Geology & Digital Mapping) and consent of Instructors
Planning Meeting Required Emergency Data Dietary Restrictions Water Purification 
Required Consent Form Safety First Policy General Field Safety Emergency Repairs
Digital Mapping Methods Publications on GeoMapper Friends of Field Geology
Location Major Topics Supplies and Equipment email & Communications
Locator Grid 
Radio Use in the Field 
Lightning Detection 
Phones, Personal cars, and email Internet Policy
Daily Routine and Communication Off-Limit Travel Routes Drivers Outline of Report
Photo Gallery Montana Field Camp 2003 (Jerry Creek Base Camp) Photo Gallery Montana Field Camp 2005 (Clementine Base Camp)
Photo Galleries of Past Berkeley Field Camps: 1981 1983 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1995 1999 2001
Wildlife, Mapping, and your days off Bear Spray Use (USGS)
Working Near Bears
Skunks 
Mountain Lions 
Bear Spray Animal Tracks and Scat
Lectures and Access Base Camp Facilities Suggestions for Days Off Butte Spots to Visit
Lecture 3: Paleography, Stratigraphy, and Glaciation
Lecture 4: Glacial geology and the Missoula Flood
Lecture 5: Permian age phosphate deposits and paeogeography
Lecture 6: Layered Mafic Intrusives and Stillwater Complex Pt-Pd deposit
Lecture 7: Tertiary basin evolution
Lecture 8: Porphyry Cu and Mo deposits
Lecture 9: Epicontineal (eperic) seaways, river evolution, coal, oil and gas resources