INFORMATION MEETINGS:

• Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7 pm, Mudd 73
• Thursday, February 17, 2011, 7 pm, Mudd 73 

New Zealand is an amazing place to study geology. Plate tectonic processes are active and happen in real time. New Zealand also has a rich Gondwanan heritage. This program will travel throughout the North and South Islands, and visit a range of settings from mountains and glaciers, to terraced coastal plains and adjacent shoreline and shallow marine environments. We will stay and work out of rustic field stations and hostels. The academic program will largely be centered on directed learning modules and fieldwork; teamwork will be emphasized. Visits to cultural sites and interactions with New Zealand scientists will be important aspects of our studies.

FACULTY DIRECTORS:

Mary Savina, Professor of Geology
Mary teaches courses in geomorphology, hydrology, geology of soils, and environmental geology at Carleton.  She taught geology in New Zealand for three years in the late 1980s.

Sarah Titus, Assistant Professor of Geology

Sarah teaches courses in tectonics and structural geology at Carleton. She is a field geologist whose research is focused on understanding deformation along major strike-slip faults including the San Andreas fault in California and a fossil fault in New Caledonia (which is near New Zealand).