class web site: http://magician.ucsd.edu/~ltauxe/sio100/

Class room: 3030 York Hall, Fridays 9am-12:50pm

Instructors: Hubert Staudigel, 449-1235, hstaudigel@ucsd.edu; Lisa Tauxe, x46084, ltauxe@ucsd.edu, 300C Ritter Hall

TAs: Erez Ben Yosef, ebenyose@ucsd.edu; Leah Hogarth, lhogarth@ucsd.edu

Required materials:

Book -"Geology in the Field” by R.R. Compton, Field notebook (handed out first day of class), clip board, protractor, ruler, colored pencils, tracing paper, BOOTS, hat, sunscreen, day pack, water bottle.

Structure of the class:

This class will consist of a series of field projects each worth from 5 to 10% of the final grade except project #9, which serves as a final exam and is worth 30% of the total grade.

Grades will be based on 1) class participation, 2) notebook entries, 3) report (figures and text if required).

There will be some lectures, but we will try to get “out in the field” as early and often as possible. For many projects, you will have to return to the field area on your own time after class.

Projects will usually be due the Friday after they were assigned. There will be one compulsory over night field trip (October 18th/19th) and one compulsory afternoon field trip on October 28th.

Arrive at each class at the designated place ON TIME and ready for the field (with all the required stuff.)

Schedule:

Sept. 26: Meet in 3030 York. Introduction, logistics. Introduction to pace and compass mapping. Field Excercise # 1 (5%) Transit handout.

Oct. 3: Meet at corner of North Torrey Pines and Expedition Way at 9:00 am. Introduction to topographic maps. Field Excercise # 2 (5%).

Oct. 10: Meet at corner of La Jolla Shores and North Torrey Pines at 9:00 am in field clothes (comfy shoes or boots, hat, sunscreen if necessary, water, field notebook, pencil). We will be measuring a stratigraphic section. Field Excercise # 3 (10%).

Oct. 17th: Lecture on GPS, stereonets, measuring strikes and dips, measuring dipping sections and using air photos and geological maps. Preparation for field trip.

Oct. 18-19: Week end field trip to Anza Borrego State Park. Meet in Revelle parking lot at 7 am on Saturday with sleeping bag, tent (optional), boots, hat, sunscreen, water, lunch, long sleeve shirt and long pants. If you need camping equipment, you can rent it from Outback Adventures for a very reasonable rate.

Day 1:

Project 1: Strikes/dips, airphotos and stereonets.Field excercise #4 (5%)

Project 2: Measureing a dipping section Field excercise #5 (5%)

Day 2: Intro to geological maps and geological sampling techniques. Field excercise #6. (10%)

Oct 24th: Projects are due at the end of class and class time can be used to finalize reports.

Oct 28th or 29th: NB: this is Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon instead of Friday morning!!!! (because of tide schedule). Meet at the southern end of La Jolla Shores beach at 3:30pm (sharp). Mapping faults. Field excercise #7. (10%)

Nov 7: Outcrop sketch of Tourmaline Beach. We will take the #30 Bus from N. Torrey Pines and La Jolla Shores at 9am. Bring your validated UCSD ID! Also, bring your notebook, clipboard, colored pencils and an eraser. We will catch the 12:07 return bus. Field excercise #8. (10%)

Nov 14th: Measuring structural features in the field - trip to Santee boulders. We will LEAVE from the Revelle parking lot at 9 am. Field excercise #9 (10%)

Nov 21st: Torrey Pines State Park - Field trip. We will take the #101 bus from the VA hospital at 9:04 am to the park and return on the 12:30 bus. bring your validated student IDs (get the validation at the parking/ bus office). Final project (Assignment #10; 30%). Bring: sunscreen, water, comfortable walking shoes, notebook, and clipboard. Due by Dec. 12th (noon!) You will have to return on your own!

Nov 28th: Thanksgiving - no class

Dec 5th: Bring your notebook, topo sheet and airphoto and a draft of the map to 3030 York and we will help you make a vertical cross section. The cross section is part of the final. At 10:30 am, there will be an optional walk through Marion Bear Park to Professors house on Clairemont Mesa for BBQ lunch. Walk will take about 21/2 hours. Return to campus by 41 bus (bring you UCSD ID!). RSVP by Dec 1st.

Dec 10th. Final project due by 11am.