class web site: http://magician.ucsd.edu/SIO100100/
Class room: 3030 York Hall, Fridays 9:00am – 1pm Including one compulsory week-end field trip (May 6-7)
Instructors: Prof. Lisa Tauxe, 858-534-6084, ltauxe@ucsd.edu, 300E Ritter Hall Teaching Assistant: Shelby Jones, 858-472-2538, saj012@ucsd.edu, 300B Ritter Hall
Required materials:
Field notebook – Available in Bookstore
Hand lens – Available in Bookstore
Brunton Compass – Either borrowed from department or cheap Amazon.com version
Clip board
Protractor and Ruler
Pencils (colored and graphite)
Tracing paper
Sturdy boots
Day-pack including: water bottles, water proof jacket, hat, sunscreen
Optional materials:
Your personal compass – Available on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Ueasy- Lightweight-Durable-Surveyors-Foresters/dp/B00M519I00/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1490201933&sr=8- 3&keywords=transit%2Bcompass&th=1
Lisle, R.J., Brabham, P. & Barnes, J., Basic Geological Mapping, 5th Edition, The Geological Field Guide Series, 2011. – Available in Bookstore
Structure of the class:
The SIO 100 “Introduction to Field Methods” class will consist of 9 projects, each worth from 5 to 10% of the final grade, and a mapping project of Torrey Pines State Park, which serves as a final exam and is worth 30% of the total allocated grade.
There will be some lectures, but we will try to get into the field as early and as often as possible – geology and field observations are best done in the field! For many of the projects, you will have to return to the field area on your own time, and after class.
Projects will usually (but not always) be due the Friday after they were assigned. There is one compulsory weekend field trip from Saturday May 6th to Sunday May 7th. Details will be given in class. Exercises completed during these excursions will count towards your grade, so please mark your calendars now.
Arrive at each class at the designated place ON TIME and be ready for the field with of all the required equipment noted above.
Grading:
Class participation: If you are late to class, or do not turn up to class, you will inevitably lose a significant fraction of your grade, so show up on time every time please. This is also important, because will often meet but then move onto another location, meaning that finding us will be difficult. It is to your benefit to arrive on time because most announcements and assignments occur at the beginning of class.
Notebooks. Notebooks form a critical element of this class. DO NOT LOSE YOUR NOTEBOOK! Your notebook is where you will record data and observations and all data included in your reports must come from - and be consistent with - your notebooks. Notebook entries must be dated and legible. A rubric of the basic elements of a well-maintained field notebook is included as a handout, and you should refer to this for noting and reporting data, and for sketching and log-sections – following the rubric is important for grading of notebooks.
Field reports (figures and text as required): Follow ALL instructions carefully. Turn in assignments on time please.
Absences and Missed Work:
There will be no make-up classes. In the case of unavoidable conflicts, notification is required at least one week before the regularly scheduled class. In the case of deaths, accidents, or sickness, notification is appreciated as soon as possible and is required within one week of the regularly scheduled class time. All excuses must be in writing.
Classroom and Field Conduct:
Disruptions during lectures and in the field will not be tolerated. Disruptive behavior including talking over the instructors, excessive noise, poor behavior towards other students or instructor/TA, arriving late/leaving early, reading newspapers/non-class related material in class, texting, inappropriate language/comments in lecture/lab or on-line, or ringing cell phones will result in you being asked to leave the class. When you are in the field you should seek to uphold the high-standing of UCSD in the local community; don’t litter, mess around or be generally anti-social. Continued disruption is a safety issue and will result in a failing grade and denial of re-enrollment.
General Note: This syllabus is an outline of proposed events. It is subject to change; however, never without notification, and never to advance the due dates of assignments.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU BRING YOUR ASSIGNMENT BOOKS, COMPASS CLINOMETERS, NOTEBOOKS, CLIPBOARD, FIELD CLOTHING (INCLUDING BOOTS) AND LOTS OF WATER TO ALL CLASSES!
Location: 3030 York classroom at 9:00 AM sharp.
Class content: Welcome to “Introduction to field methods,” logistics of the class, breakdown of course content, an introduction to pace and compass mapping, familiarization with notebooks, drawing, data and writing basics. It is CRITICAL that you bring you compass clinometers, clipboards and notebooks to class!
Handouts: Compass and Notebook Rubric
Assignment # 1 – Pace and compass mapping project (5% and due on April 14)
Location: Meet at the corner of La Jolla Shores Drive and North Torrey Pines Road at 9:00 AM sharp in field clothes (comfy shoes or boots, hat, sunscreen if necessary, water, field notebook, pencil). It is CRITICAL that you bring you compass clinometers!
Class Content: Learning how to measure, describe and document a stratigraphic section.
Handouts: Suggested reading from Basic Geological Mapping Assignment #2 - Stratigraphic section project (10% and due on April 21)
Location: We will take the #30 Bus from N. Torrey Pines and La Jolla Shores at 9:10 AM (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 9:00 AM). For the bus, bring your validated student IDs. Also, bring your notebook, clipboard, colored pencils and an eraser. We will return on the bus by <1 PM. Rain gear if needed. If you have one, bring a camera.
Class content: Outcrop sketches at Tourmaline Beach. Handouts: Read section on outcrop sketches before class! Assignment # 3 – Outcrop Sketching (10% and due on April 28)
Location: York Hall 3030 at 9:00 AM sharp.
Class Content: Lecture on stereonets, measuring strikes and dips, measuring dipping sections, using air photos and geological maps, preparation for field trip, Google Earth, GPS.
Handouts: Measuring dipping sections, stereonets, GPS Essentials. Class 4.4 stereonet practice (Due on May 5, if not finished in class)
Location: Trip to Santee boulders. We will leave from the Revelle parking lot at 9:00 AM sharp (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 8:50 AM). Bring field gear and plenty of water! It is CRITICAL that you bring you compass clinometers! Wear BOOTS and bring a hat.
Class Content: Measuring joints and fracture surfaces, using topographic maps, note taking skills.
Handouts: Santee Sheets
Assignment #4 – Structural Feature Mapping (10% and due on May 12, 2017).
WEEKEND FIELD TRIP – May 6-7: Weekend field trip to Anza Borrego State Park. Meet in Revelle parking lot at 7:00 AM sharp (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 6:50 AM) on Saturday with sleeping bag, sleeping mat, tent (optional), BOOTS, hat, sunscreen, lots of water, lunch, long sleeve shirt and long pants. If you need camping equipment, you can rent it from Outback Adventures for a reasonable rate. We will return to UCSD by 6:00 PM on Sunday.
Day 1:
Project 1: Strikes/dips, aerial photographs and stereonets. Assignment #5 (5%) Project 2: Measuring a dipping section. Assignment #6 (5%)
Day 2:
Project 3: Introduction to geological maps and geological sampling techniques. Assignment #7 (10%)
Assignments 5, 6 and 7 are due on May 19th, 2017 (Don’t procrastinate!)
WEEKEND FIELD TRIP – May 6-7: Weekend field trip to Anza Borrego State Park. Meet in Revelle parking lot at 7:00 AM sharp (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 6:50 AM) on Saturday with sleeping bag, sleeping mat, tent (optional), BOOTS, hat, sunscreen, lots of water, lunch, long sleeve shirt and long pants. If you need camping equipment, you can rent it from Outback Adventures for a reasonable rate. We will return to UCSD by 6:00 PM on Sunday.
Day 1:
Project 1: Strikes/dips, aerial photographs and stereonets. Assignment #5 (5%) Project 2: Measuring a dipping section. Assignment #6 (5%)
Day 2:
Project 3: Introduction to geological maps and geological sampling techniques. Assignment #7 (10%)
Assignments 5, 6 and 7 are due on May 19th, 2017 (Don’t procrastinate!)
Location: 3030 York for a lecture on how to make geological cross sections at 9:00 AM sharp. Bring your notebook, topographic sheet and aerial photographs and your map. Also bring a ruler, pencil and some graph paper.
Class Content: We will help you make a vertical cross section. A cross section is part of the final.
Handout: Cross section handout.
Assignment #8 – Cross sections practice (Due on May 19, if not finished in class)
Location: Walk along the beach to Del Mar. We will leave from Scripps pier at 9:00 AM sharp. Students can either walk home (it is a nice walk) or return by way of the #101 bus from Torrey Pines State Park. For the bus, bring your validated student IDs. Bring your field gear.
Class Content: We will walk along the beach looking at the sea cliffs to better understand the geology of the San Diego region. Warning! You WILL get wet.
Handouts: Aerial photographs
Location: We will take the #101 bus at 9:07 AM (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 9:00 AM) from the corner of North Torrey Pines Road and La Jolla Shores Drive to the Torrey Pines State Park and return no later than the 1 PM bus. For the bus, bring your validated student IDs.
Bring: Validated student ID, sunscreen, water, comfortable walking shoes, notebook, and clipboard. BRING YOUR COMPASS!
Class Content: Introduction to mapping methods, review of existing mapping techniques.
Handouts: Pertinent sections of Basic Geological Mapping
Assignment #10 – Mapping methods project (5% and due on June 2, 2017)
Location: We will take the #101 bus at 9:07 AM (be at least 10 min. early! Arrive by 9:00 AM) from the corner of North Torrey Pines Road and La Jolla Shores Drive to the Torrey Pines State Park and return no later than the 1 PM bus. For the bus, bring your validated student IDs.
Bring: Validated student ID, sunscreen, water, comfortable walking shoes, notebook, and clipboard. BRING YOUR COMPASS!
Class Content: Introduction to Torrey Pines State Park, Initiation of final mapping project.
Handouts: Mapping handouts for Torrey Pines State Park.
Assignment Final – FINAL MAPPING PROJECT (30% and due on June 16)
FINAL PROJECT (30%) due between 11:30am – 2:30pm on June 16, during the final exam time period. Turn the examined work into 3030 York. Late finals will NOT be accepted.