Sep7th
Annual Geology Fall Field Trip - Open To All!
All are invited to the geology department’s annual beginning-of-the-semester field trip generously funded by Richard “Skip” and Mary Ann Davis.
moreUnderstand Your World
Get out of the classroom
Study geology in the field, from local streams and rock outcrops to destinations such as Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, and Canyonlands National Parks. Study glaciers in Norway, volcanoes in Japan, rivers in China, beaches in Australia, and mountains in New Zealand during semesters abroad.
Unearth the past
Southern Wisconsin was once covered by a tropical, shallow sea teeming with trilobites. Explore the rock record to understand how fossilized organisms evolved and why they went extinct.
Apply your skills to the water, climate, and energy challenges facing our society
Prepare for a career in the geosciences by designing a sustainable rain garden to reduce storm water runoff, comparing climate reconstructions in the Eocene to changes observed today, and learning about the environmental impacts of our dependence on non-renewable resources.
Geology News
Tri-States Field Conference
Beloit students attended the 76th Tri-State Field Conference. This year the trip was headquartered out of Maquoketa, IA and focused on current research on the Paleozoic rocks of the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Field trip stops included exposures in quarries and along road cuts that contained abundant fossils and a visit to learn about extracting metals from mine waste at a superfund site for use in the transition to a green economy.
