2011 Schedule: GEOL 4714/5714 - Field Geophysics Fall 2011

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

Note that football home dates are 9/10, 10/1. GSA 10/9-10/12.

Shaded readings are not yet finalized

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

Day

Date

Time
 Location

Topic

Reading

Tues

23 Aug

12:30 pm
 BESC 355

Introduction

Ch. 1

Thurs

25 Aug
1:00 pm
 BESC 355, then south of Benson

GPS field lab

handout in class

Tues

30 Aug

1:00 pm BESC 355 Radar and electrical lecture (GPS lab due) Ch. 5, pp. 265-290, 314-329, 331-338, Ch. 8 pp. 500-518, 524-533
Ch. 5 & 6
Thurs
1 Sep
12:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: EM-31, resistivity profiling and ground penetrating radar

Tues

6 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 355 EM31 contour lab  

Thurs

8 Sep

 12:30 or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: complete resistivity profiling (split lab)  

Tues

13 Sep

 2:00 pm BESC 355 Seismic lecture, Resistivity lab (EM31 lab due) Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), should have had 129-36, Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229
Ch. 11 - 13
(For Resistivity lab you will want to examine Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338)
Thurs 15 Sep 12:30 pm or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Betasso: Seismic refraction Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), 129-136, Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229
Ch. 11 - 13
Tues 20 Sep 1:00 pm BESC 355 Refraction lab (resistivity lab due) Ch. 3 pp.65-120 (new material is 78-90, 100-120)
Ch. 13
Thurs 22 Sept 1:00 pm BESC 355 lecture on gravity and magnetics, survey design Ch. 6, pp. 349-372, Ch. 7 pp. 429-454
Ch. 2 & 3
Sun 25 Sept 8:00 am loading dock, west side BESC Caribou: Gravity and magnetics

Tues

27 Sep

1:00 pm BESC 355 work on refraction lab  
Thurs 29 Sept 1:00 pm BESC 355 (refraction lab due) Gravity lab: Terrain corrections and contour map Ch. 6, pp. 349-372

Tues

4 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355 Continue work on gravity lab as desired  
Thurs
6 Oct
1:00 pm BESC 355 Gravity lab Pt 2 (pt 1 of lab due): Profile interpretation Ch. 6, pp. 378-399, 409-420

Tues

11 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355 Gravity lab: continued

Thurs

13 Oct

1:00 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

Tues

18 Oct

 1:00 pm BESC 355 optional (Magnetics lab continued)
Thurs 20 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 355 GPR lab (Magnetics lab due) Ch. 4, pp. 209-217, Ch. 8 pp. 533-539 (Ch. 4 156-181 is helpful in a broader context)
Tues 25 Oct 12:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC 5714 Field Final at Betasso  
Thurs 27 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 355 GPR lab due. Q&A review if desired  
Tues 1 Nov 1:00 pm BESC 355 Review for final (Danny)  
Tues 8 Nov 1:00 pm BESC 355 FINAL  

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