Educational field practice in geomapping at the Faculty of Geology of Irkutsk University

The article provides a detailed description of all geological formations represented by: ages from the Archean Acron to the Cenozoic Era; sedimentary rocks of different stratigraphic units, different-age magmatic complexes, metamorphic and dynamometamorphic rocks and the sequence of their formation; modern loose formations of slope, proluvial-gravel, lake, alluvial, glacial, solifluctional and others minerals and organic remains, folds and discontinuities of different morphology and genesis within several key areas of the Baikal region and the vicinity of Irkutsk, which have to be studied by students at the educational field practice on geomapping, after the second year of study at the University. In the process of geomapping students are trained in methods of mapping and cameral processing of all these geological formations and presenting the results in the form of a scientific and production report at the end of the practice.