Field Geology and Digital Mapping
Earth and Planetary Science 101 and 271
Spring Semester 2007
Instructor: George Brimhall brimhall@berkeley.edu Website Office Hours: Friday 1-4:00 391 McCone Hall and by appointment
UGSI: Joshua Graham: jjg2020243@berkeley.edu
First systematic field geology course in North America at UC Berkeley 1892 2008 EPS 101 and 271 Class
Pre-requisites: EPS 50 (Planet Earth) and consent of Instructor Required Emergency Data:
Lecture: M-W 1:00-2:00 325 McCone Field M-W 2:00-5:30 Berkeley-Oakland Hills
Overview of Course (EPS 101) and Honor Code Syllabus Equipment and Supply List Cal Day Lecture 2007
See Advanced Field Course (EPS 118 Safety First Policy Map Area Radio Use in the Field
Reading List (articles in Reader Available from Vick Copy)
Photo Galleries 1892 1978 1993 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Lecture Notes and Access
Poison
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L-1 Course roadmap, map preparation, use of Brunton Compass for trend and plunge, strike and dip
L-2 Tectonics of coastal California Geological Time Scale
L-3 Topographic map reading and introduction to geological mapping
L-4 Tectonic controls on Neogene sedimentary basins
L-5 Depositional environmental of the Monterey Formation
L-6 Starting scientific projects, map bases
L-7 Global change, sediments and unconformities
L-8 Refresher on general geology
L-9 Cross sections and 3-D interpretation
L-10 Introduction to digital mapping systems
L-11 GPS data colleciton modes, precision and accuracy
L-12 Earthquakes, water supply, and neo-tectonics
L-13 Tertiary strata of the Sierran Foothills and the Calif Gold Rush of 1849
L-14 Transition to independent mapping, facies changes
L-15 Tertiary volcanism and tectonic controls
L-16 Source of the Berkeley Hills "Rhyolite"
L-17 Monumentation and Survey Control Points
L-18 Completing the course and new direcitons for digital mapping
Photograph Resources for Project Papers
Grading Policy:
Links to Acquire Maps and Data Bases:
AAPG Tectonic Map of N America North American Geothermal Map
Correlation of Stratigraphic Units (COSUNA) Geological Society of America: Geol. Map of N. America
Links to Career Information in Geosciences:
Geological Society of America: K-12 Teacher Resources
American Geological Institute (AGI): Publications Careers
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Required Geoscience Knowledge (Subject Matter Requirements (scroll to Science 2003)
Association of Women Geoscientists
National Associaiton of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Northern California Geological Society
American Geophysical Union (AGU)