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The Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences has conducted a full-scale Summer Field Geology Program since 1978. More than 650 geology majors from 60 different colleges and universities around the country have graduated from this program. Each of these students bring with them a diversity of background and training that has provided a great learning experience for all participants.
A geologist's laboratory is in the field, and the Geology Department at JMU is well situated for training in laboratory and field geology. The limestone rocks in the Shenandoah Valley are a record of ancient seas that once flooded this region, and the metamorphic rocks in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains (shown above) are among the oldest (1.1 billion years) found in eastern North America.
The department's laboratories are well equipped with polarizing microscopes, an x-ray diffractometer, an atomic absorption spectrophotometer, a scanning electron microscope, computers and computer terminals. The geology major is fully integrated with the other sciences and mathematics, providing preparation for careers in environmental geology, engineering geology, mineral exploration, and graduate study.
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