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GEL2530 Field Methods: Introduction and Required Materials

Materials needed for the course. Must be acquired before our first field meeting.

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GEL2530 II First 3 Notebook Pages

What to write in your first 3 field notebook pages. How to establish eye height and pace / step distance as personal field measurement tools.

GEL2530 III Field Notebook Entries

Lettering, Numbering and Sketching in Field Notebooks

GEL2530 IV Strike & Dip Lecture and Field Instruction

Explanation of Strike & Dip, magnetic declination, azimuth vs. quadrant scales and conversion, in-field outcrop selection, measurement procedures and field notebook entries

GRADED FIELD ASSIGNMENTS

Field Assignment Packages with meeting locations and times and detailed description of tasks and activities. Download, Print, and Bring with you to the Field

FIELD DAY 1 - MSU Denver

Establish Eye Height & Pace Distance, Familiarize / start using Brunton™ Geological Transit, Field Notebook Entries, Height Measurement Exercises, Pacing Exercises

FIELD DAY 2 - Rabbit Mountain Open Space

Multiple direct Strike & Dip measurements, Detailed rock field notebook description, One "distant" Strike & Dip measurement, Path Pace Mapping

FIELD DAY 3 - Longmont City Sandstone Ranch

Creating a topographic base map, Creating a geologic outcrop map overlay, Notebook descriptions of rocks present, Cliff height estimation

FIELD DAY 4 - Dinosaur Ridge Roadcut

Detailed notebook description with stratigraphic section, Strike & Dip, True thickness of tilting beds (Human Jacob’s Staff)

FIELD DAY 5 - Owl Canyon & Virginia Dale

Owl Canyon - Applying what you have learned. Assessing a geologic area PLUS + sample collecting (Calcite).

Virginia Dale - Applying what you have learned. Assessing a geologic area

The downloadable Geologic Field Work Handbook PDF document is formatted as a print booklet. Correctly printed it can be folded into a double sided 4.25 x 5.5 inch booklet.

GEL2530 V True thickness measurement of dipping geologic strata

Introduction to Jacob's Staff and Brunton - Eye Height measurements to derive at the true thickness of dipping geologic beds