Flathead Valley Community College
will offer two “Geology of Northwest Montana” classes this summer
beginning June 16 and July 7. The week-long intensive classes will
involve a combination of lectures and field trips and are designed to acquaint students
with the geologic history, rock types, structural and glacial features,
landforms and natural resources of northwest Montana.
Taught
by Geology/Geography Instructor Anita Ho,
Ph.D., students will spend approximately one-third of class time in the
classroom exploring the fundamentals of plate tectonics and some of the significant
geological events that have occurred in the area such as the flood basalt
volcanism, mountain building, ice ages and the Missoula floods. The other two-thirds of
the class time will be utilized conducting field observations throughout the
Flathead and Mission Valleys and Glacier National Park.
Trips will include studying the geology along Going-to-the Sun Road in Glacier National Park
and examining evidence of the Missoula
floods in various areas west and south of Kalispell.
The
first class will meet June 16-20, and the second class will be offered July
7-11. Each class will take place Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Spaces remain available for enrollment in both
classes. For registration information, call 756-3852, or visit www.fvcc.edu.
Age Group: All Ages
Venue: FVCC
Address: N/A
Phone: 756-3852
FVCC