本书为中国地质大学地球科学学院和中国地质大学外语学院的老师共同编写的三峡地区地质学野外实习指导书英文版，是中国地质大学组织的秭归地区野外地质实习的配套指导教材，本书用英文详细介绍了三峡地区的区域地质条件和将在三峡地区展开的十条实习路线以及各路线的主要教学内容及教学要求，让学生在获得野外实习知识的同时身临其境地学习地学英语。本书既是学生在该地区实习必不可少的指导手册，也是学习地学英语的不可或缺的教科书。

ⅠINTRODUCTION(1)
1GEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW(2)
1.1Physical Geography(2)
1.2Research History(4)
1.3Internship Objectives, Tasks, and Requirements(8)
2REGIONAL GEOLOGY(10)
2.1Regional Strata and Palaeontology(10)
2.2Sedimentary Rocks and Sedimentation(49)
2.3Magmatic Rock and Magmatism(60)
2.4Metamorphic Rocks and Metamorphism(82)
2.5Geological Structure(99)
ⅡFIELD TRIP ROUTE(117)
3ROUTE ONE: OBSERVING THE NEOPROTEROZOIC NANHUAIAN PERIOD
STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE(118)
3.1Teaching Route(118)
3.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(118)
3.3Route Information and Observing Points(119)
3.4Teaching Process and Precautions(125)
3.5Focused Study and Reflections(126)
4ROUTE TWO: OBSERVING THE SINIANCAMBRIAN STRATIGRAPHYAND
PALEONTOLOGY(127)
4.1Teaching Route(127)
4.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(127)
4.3Route Information and Observing Points(127)
4.4Teaching Process and Precautions(132)
4.5Focused Study and Reflections(133)
5ROUTE THREE: OBSERVING THE ORDOVICIAN DAPINGIAN STRATA AT
HUANGHUACHANG, YICHANG(134)
5.1Teaching Route(134)
5.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(134)
5.3Route Information and Observing Points(134)
5.4Teaching Process and Precautions(140)
5.5Focused Study and Reflections(141)
6ROUTE FOUR: OBSERVING THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN HIRNANTIAN GSSP
IN WANGJIAWAN, YICHANG(142)
6.1Teaching Route(142)
6.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(142)
6.3Route Information and Observing Points(142)
6.4Section Description and Fossil Collection(144)
6.5Teaching Process and Precautions(149)
6.6Focused Study and Reflections(150)
6.7More Information about the Hirnantian GSSP(150)
7ROUTE FIVE: OBSERVATION OF LATE ORDOVICIANPERMIAN STRATIGRAPHY
AND PALEONTOLOGY(156)
7.1Teaching Route(156)
7.2Teaching Objectives and Requirements(156)
7.3Route Information and Observing Points(156)
7.4Teaching Process and Precautions(161)
7.5Focused Study and Reflections(162)
8ROUTE SIX: OBSERVATION OF PERMIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY
IN LATE PALEOZOIC(163)
8.1Teaching Route(163)
8.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(163)
8.3Route Information and Observing Points(163)
8.4Teaching Process and Precautions(168)
8.5Focused Study and Reflections(168)
9ROUTE SEVEN: OBSERVING MIDDLE TRIASSICMIDDLE JURASSIC STRATIGRAPHY(169)
9.1Teaching Route(169)
9.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(169)
9.3Route Information and Observing Points(169)
9.4Teaching Process and Precautions(173)
9.5Focused Study and Reflections(174)
10ROUTE EIGHT: OBSERVING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND CAMBRIAN
ORDOVICIAN STRATA IN QINGJIANG, CHANGYANG(175)
10.1Teaching Route(175)
10.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(175)
10.3Route Information and Observing Points(175)
10.4Teaching Process and Precautions(188)
10.5Focused Study and Reflections(189)
11ROUTE NINE: THE XIANNVSHAN FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURE(190)
11.1Teaching Route(190)
11.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(190)
11.3Route Information and Observing Points(190)
11.4Teaching Process and Precautions(194)
11.5Focused Study and Reflections(195)
12ROUTE TEN: THE QUATERNARY ROUTE (196)
12.1Teaching Route(196)
12.2Teaching Tasks and Requirements(196)
12.3Route Information and Observing Points(196)
12.4Teaching Process and Precautions(205)
12.5Focused Study and Reflections(205)
ⅢASSESSMENT(207)
13ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE PERFORMANCES(208)
13.1Objectives and Stage Division(208)
13.2Main Teaching Contents and Teaching Requirements(209)
13.3Performance Assessment(212)
REFERENCES(213)