Fieldwork in the US: A Map

fieldwork in 9 states
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Short Geologist over at Accidental Remediation has started a new meme: US states you've done fieldwork in. She has excluded states where she may have only done fieldwork during grad or undergrad school, as have I, but she encourages you to use any definition you'd like when making your own fieldwork map. Additionally, I have left out two countries I've done minimal fieldwork in (I'd have to make a separate map). Some of you might want to make a fieldwork by country map.

I'd add Virginia, Michigan, and Hawaii to this map if I were to expand my definition to include states I've done field work in during my undergrad years (Virginia) along with states I've visited in a geological capacity, though either not for pay (Hawaii) or not doing actual fieldwork but going on field trips or for-pay trips to the field (Hawaii, Michigan).

As you can see, I'm primarily a western geologist. Anyone else want to join?

Visited Countries and States

Here it is, seen first at The Ethical Palaeonologist and now at Clastic Detritus, Highly Allochthonous, and ReBecca's Blog, the countries and states I've visited:


visited 5 states (2.22%)
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visited 42 states (84%)
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Not too hot on countries; not too bad on states, although many of those I have just passed through on an interstate or a pre-interstate highway. Not sure about Vermont.

States I'm sure I spent more than one day in a row in:

visited 25 states (50%)
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States I know I visited by the time I was five (corrected 10-Jan-09 with the addition of Wyoming):

visited 16 states (32%)
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