Virtual Field Trips

The Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Weber State University has created multiple virtual field trips highlighting points of geologic interest, mostly in northern Utah. These will soon expand to other locations across the world and are intended for our faculty to use in their courses. There are integrated assignments suitable for students in both introduction and upper-level courses available.

Corresponding assignments for these field trips are available upon request. Contact Earth & Environmental Sciences professor Elizabeth Balgord at elizabethbalgord@weber.edu or 801-626-6225.

DISCOVERY LOOP

This tour takes students from WSU’s campus along the Discovery Loop trail. That trail has informational signs and the tour stops at several of them to explain the local geology. This tour focuses on geologic hazards along the Wasatch Front and has a brief discussion of Lake Bonneville. Assignment available.

SPIRAL JETTY

A short, three-stop tour of the rocks found above the Spiral Jetty, discussing the sedimentary conditions in the northern Great Salt Lake. A short assignment is available.

ROCK DEFORMATION

See the outcrops of various types of geologic structures (folds and faults) around northern Utah. Get an introduction to how to locate the geologic features in the outcrop and learn how they formed. A multiple-choice assignment is available.

ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK

These tours include a discussion of the geology along the Frary Peak Trail and the Buffalo Point Trail. Some of the vocabulary is somewhat advanced (mostly time periods). It was designed for students in a second semester Historical Geology course. There is an assignment available upon request.

Frary Peak Trail Buffalo Point Trail

CAMPUS SCARP

This one-stop tour explains the presence and significance of the Wasatch Fault scarp, which cuts across the east side of WSU’s campus. No assignment is available.

Geomorphology Activity Tours Upper-Level

Structural Geology Tours Upper Level

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Dr. Marek Matyjasik
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