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| DATE | TOPIC | LAB |
| Jan.13 | Overview & Introduction ( MH & EM) | Compass/Pace
and Compass Map* Timescale Quiz |
| 15 | Sedimentary
Rock Description 1 (EM) (last day of official adds/drops) |
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| 20 | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, no class | Hand Specimens |
| 22 | Color, Trace Fossils, Weathering, Soils (EM) | |
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| 27 | Measuring & Logging Clastic Rocks 1 (EM) | Logging Core |
| 29 | Measuring
& Logging Clastic Rocks 2 (EM) (12th class day; last day to drop for a refund) |
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| Feb. 3 | Stratigraphic Nomenclature (EM) | Unconformities, Correlation and Facies Exercise |
| 5 | Unconformities, Correlation and Facies (EM) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Tertiary Clastics (E.M.) | ||
| 10 | Wheeler
Diagrams (EM) (last day to drop w/o possible penalty) |
Hand Specimen and Core Description |
| 12 | Measuring & Logging Carbonates (EM) | |
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| 17 | Sequences & Stratigraphic Surfaces (EM) | Pilot Knob Exercise* |
| 19 | Cycles & Cretaceous Stratigraphy, Central Texas (EM) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Paleozoic Sediments, Llano Uplift (E.M.) | ||
| 24 | Biostratigraphy (EM) | Brunton Exercise* |
| 26 | Timescales (EM) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Paleozoic Rocks II, Llano Uplift (E.M.) | ||
| Mar. 3 | Global Positioning Systems (MH) | GPS, Surveying* |
| 5 | Global Positioning Systems/Datums (MH) | |
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| 17 | Datums, Map Projections & Grids (MH) | Topographic Maps |
| 19 | Mapping/Location Techniques (MH) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Mapping Paleozoic Rocks I, Llano Uplift (MH) | ||
| 24 | Strike Lines & Strike/Dip in the Field (MH) | Geologic Maps I |
| 26 | Field Mapping and Occam's Razor (MH) | |
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| 31 | PC Geology of the Llano Uplift (MH) | Geologic Maps II |
| 2 | Describing Fabrics in Tectonites (MH) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Precambrian Crystalline Rocks, Llano Uplift (MH) | ||
| 7 | What is G.I.S.? (MH) | G.I.S. Base Map Construction* |
| 9 | Digital Mapping (MH) | |
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| 14 | Mapping and Measuring Folds (MH) | Describing Metamorphic Rocks* |
| 16 | Pace and Compass Surveys, revisted (MH) | |
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| 21 | Cross Section Construction (MH) | Cross Sections |
| 23 | Down-plunge Viewing (MH) | |
| Weekend Field Trip: Mapping Precambrian Rocks, Llano Uplift (MH) | ||
| 28 | Air Photographs (MH) | Lab Final |
| 30 | Remote Sensing Resources (MH) | |
| May 7 | FINAL EXAM, 2 - 5 PM | |
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| (EM) = Dr. Earle McBride; (MH) = Dr. Mark Helper * = outdoor lab | ||
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SPRING, 200