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Nov 27, 2024
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GLY 481 - Field Geology Intensive study of field methods and techniques; elementary and detailed areal geology mapping. Compilation of stratigraphic sections, geologic maps and structure sections. Offered summers at the Brauer Field Station beginning in late May. Can be taken as a four-week course for four credit hours or as a five-week course for five or six credit hours. Prerequisites: GLY 302, GLY 359, GLY 469, junior standing. Fulfills: LASR. (4-6 cr. hr.)
Frequency code M = offered in summer
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe carbonate sedimentary rocks and use those descriptions to correlate rock units between several localities.
- Describe surficial deposits, and use those descriptions to map the locations of the deposits using plane surveying and basic GPS techniques.
- Map sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic bedrock units with simple to complex structures.
- Visualize three-dimensional geology by constructing cross-sections from their maps.
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