Field Trips for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS) Divison organizes international field trips every two years
 2008
Taiwan
Led by Professor Jean-Philippe Avouac. Taiwan is a classic
example of an active mountain range with beautiful active
faults and a rich bedrock geology. Organized jointly with
the Institute of Earth Sciences (Academia Sinica, Taipei)
and the National Taiwan University (Taipei) (Guidebook) (learn more)
2006
Tien Shan
Led by Professors Jean-Philippe
Avouac and Rob Clayton with 20 students from Caltech
and several students from Nanjing University in China
participating. The trip was an introduction to the geology
of fold-and-thrust belts using the Tien Shans as an example.
A short summary of this trip by Elisabeth Nadin appeared
in Caltech
News. Photo: from
article by Elisabeth Nadin (learn more)
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