(Geology 2071) Spring 1997
COURSE LAB OUTLINE
Lab times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3.00 - 6.00 p.m. Room E208
Dr. Juan M. Lorenzo Dept. Geology and Geophysics
Lecturer: Dr. Juan Lorenzo, Room 215 (Old Building) e-mail: juan@geol.lsu.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment
Teaching Assistants: Kush Tandon and John Robalin
Lecture textbook Davis, G.H. and Reynolds, S.J. 1996. Structural
Geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and Sons, 2nd ed. 776 pp.
JANUARY
Tue 14 Lab 1
Topographic maps: cross-sections. . Tunica Hills topographic sheet.
Thu 16 Lab 2.1 Geological terminology.
Contouring a structure map, Use of a Brunton compass.
Tue 21 FIELD TRIPOrienteering and map-making in the "Garden of Art"
Thu 23 Lab 2.2 Geological cross-section
Tue 28 Lab 3.1 True dips from apparent dips
Thu 30 Lab 3.2 3-point
problem for planes: strike and dip
FEBRUARY
Tue 4 Lab 4 Outcrop patterns & true dips in geological maps
Lab 5 Geological Cross-section
Thu 6 Labs continued
Tue 11 no lecture class or lab- Mardi Gras holiday
Thu 13 review session
Tue 18 MIDTERM EXAM 1
Thu 20 Lab 6 3-point strike and dips , and plunges
Tue 25 Lab 7 Intersecting faults and beds
Thu 27 Lab 8 Fault-slip problems
MARCH
Sat 1 FIELD TRIP to Fort Adams. Look at field notes and picturesof last year's field trip
Tue 4 Lab 8 continued Fault-slip problems
Thu 6 Lab 9 Geological map interpretation
Tue 11 Lab 10 Stereographic projections: Planes and Lines
Thu 13 Lab 10 continued
Tue 18 Lab 10 continued
Thu 20 Lab 10 Lab 11 Stereographic interpretation- cleavage and folds
(Fort Adams field trip report due)
Tue 25 no class -- Spring Break March 24-28
Fri. 28- Tue, April 1 FIELD TRIP moved to
April
18-20
APRIL
Tue 1 Lab 12 Stereographic interpretations of small-scale mappable structures
Thu 3 Review session
Tue 8 MIDTERM EXAM II
Thu 10 Advance Cross-section
Tue 15 Lab 12 Geological map interpretation (klippen, sheared folds)
Thu 17 Lab 12 continued
Friday 18 - Sunday 20 Field Trip
Tue 22 Lab 13 Stereographic interpretation, Geological map interpretation, Fold type
Thu 24 Lab 14 Stereographic interpretations/ Geological Map interpretation
(Alabama field trip report due)
Tue 29 Lab 15 Advanced cross-sections
MAY
Thu 1 Review session
Final Exam: T.B.A. Lab: ~ Tue May 6 8.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. or
~ Wed May 7 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.