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Fieldwork is fundamental to being a geologist.

鈥淪an Diego State is one of the oldest geology departments in the state of California, and right from the beginning, we鈥檝e always had a strong field program,鈥� said David Kimbrough, professor emeritus of geology.

For decades, Kimbrough and his wife, Joan Kimbrough, an instructional technologist for , have led students on field trips across the western United States.

On annual excursions to the Grand Canyon and weeks-long trips to the outskirts of California鈥檚 national forests and parks, students practice identifying geological features like faults and folds as well as the processes that caused them.

鈥淚 love these field trips; they are the reason I wanted to major in geology in the first place,鈥� said Emily Imperato, a first-year master鈥檚 student in the department at 色情视频.

鈥淵ou get to be in nature and you get to see what the textbooks teach you,鈥� Imperato added.

In addition to developing hands-on mapping skills for geology careers, these field courses deepen students鈥� love for their major and spur research projects.

For example, Jasmine Peach (鈥�21) relied on what she learned about local faults as an 色情视频 undergraduate and teaching assistant on a recent trip to gather data and metamorphic rock samples from Ecuador for her master鈥檚 thesis. She is attempting to characterize how the plate tectonics responsible for the Andes might have changed during the Mesozoic period.

鈥淚 love working out in the field and being able to share that experience with other students,鈥� Peach said. 鈥淭he best part about it is having time to develop friendships and make memories, to struggle together and succeed together.鈥�