2009 Schedule: GEOL 4714/5714 - Field Geophysics Fall 2009

(Subject to change due to weather and/or equipment availability)

Field days are shown in red (all day long)
Labs are in blue (will go well into the afternoon)
Lectures are in black and should only be an hour
Reading in Burger bold, in supplementary Milsom in italics

We usually have some down days due to weather or equipment problems

Day

Date

Time
 Location

Topic

Reading

Tues

25 Aug

12:30 pm
 BESC 455 (may move to 440E)

Introduction

Ch. 1

Thurs

27 Aug
1:00 pm
 BESC 265, then south of Benson

GPS field lab

handout in class

Tues

1 Sep

2:00 pm BESC 355 Radar and electrical lecture (GPS lab due) Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338, Ch. 8 pp. 500-509, 524-539
Ch. 5 & 6
Thurs
3 Sep
12:30 pm
 loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: Ground-penetrating radar, possibly resistivity profiling ± EM-31 Field

Tues

8 Sep

 12:30 pm loading dock, west side of BESC

Betasso: Ground-penetrating radar, possibly resistivity profiling ± EM-31 Field take 2

 Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338, Ch. 8 pp. 500-509, 524-539
Ch. 5 & 6

Thurs

10 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 265 Radar lab (or resistivity lab) Ch. 8 pp. 500-509, 524-539
Tues
15 Sep
12:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: Seismic refraction, reflection, resistivity (if not done earlier) Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-229
Ch. 11 - 13
Thurs 17 Sep 1:00 pm BESC 265 Resistivity lab (Radar lab due) Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338

Tues

22 Sep

2:00 pm BESC 355 lecture on gravity and magnetics, survey design Ch. 6, pp. 349-378, Ch. 7 pp. 429-454
Ch. 2 & 3

Thurs

24 Sep

1:00 pm BESC 265 Seismic refraction/reflection lab (resistivity lab due) Ch. 3
Ch. 13

Sun

27 Sep

 8:00 am loading dock, west side BESC Caribou: Gravity and Magnetics
Tues 29 Sept 2:00 pm BESC 355 optional: work on refraction lab
Thurs
1 Oct
1:00 pm BESC 265 Gravity lab (Refraction lab due) Ch. 6, pp. 378-399, 409-420

Tues

6 Oct

2:00 pm BESC 355 gravity (continued)
Thurs
8 Oct
1:00 pm BESC 265 gravity (continued) - optional

Tues

13 Oct

2:00 pm BESC 355 Magnetics lab; gravity lab due Ch. 7 pp. 454-493 (esp. beginning of sec. 7.5, all of sec. 7.6)
Ch. 2 & 3

Thurs

15 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 265 magnetics (optional)

Tues

20 Oct

    no class  

Thurs

22 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 265 review/logistics for field final (Magnetics lab due)  
Tues 27 Oct 12:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: Field Final  
Thurs 29 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 265 Written final exam  

Dates TBD: Field final, written final

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