Advanced Field Course 2009

Geological and Geophyiscal Mapping and Interpretation

 

Dates: June 20th through July 17th    2009

Earth and Planetary Science 118

University of California, Berkeley taught in Wise River, Montana

Instructors: George Brimhall   Questions: brimhall@berkeley.edu      Syllabus        Photos 2007    Photos 2008  

                      

                        Doug Dreger

           

Pre-requisites: EPS 50 (Planet Earth) and EPS 101 (Field Geology & Digital Mapping) and consent of Instructors

Planning Meeting    Personal Conduct Code       Mariah's Challenge   Objectives, Culture, and Reading List

                                                                              

Required Consent Form    Required Emergency Data   Dietary Restrictions 

  Safety First Policy  General Field Safety  Safety and Security Chain  GSA 2009 Geological Timescale

Digital Mapping Methods    GeoMapper © Home Page   Publications on GeoMapper    Friends of Field Geology

Location   Major Topics  Supplies and Equipment   email & Communications 

Locator Grid   Radio Use in the Field   Lightning Detection   Water Purification

Phones, Personal cars, and email   Internet Policy 

Daily Routine and Communication   Off-Limit Travel Routes   Drivers  Outline of Report  Petrologic Reference

Photo Gallery Montana Field Camp 2003 (Jerry Creek Base Camp)        Photo Gallery Montana Field Camp 2005 (Clementine Base Camp)

Photo Galleries of Past Berkeley Field Camps: 1981    1983    1988    1989    1990    1991    1993    1995    1999    2001   

Wildlife, Mapping, and your days off      Bear Spray Use (USGS)

Working Near Bears      Skunks   Mountain Lions

Bear Spray  Animal Tracks and Scat

Lectures and Access       Base Camp Facilities     Butte Spots to Visit                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Lecture 1: Roadmap for course Global processes

Lecture 2: Stratigraphy

Lecture 3: Paleography, Stratigraphy, and Glaciation    Blakey's Animations  

Lecture 4: Glacial geology and the Missoula Flood

Lecture 5: Permian age phosphate deposits and paeogeography

Lecture 6: Layered Mafic Intrusives and Stillwater Complex Pt-Pd deposit

Lecture 7: Laser Surveying and elevayion control for gravity survey

Lecture 8: Porphyry Cu and Mo deposits and environmental geochemistry

Lecture 9: Epicontineal (eperic) seaways, river evolution, coal, oil and gas resources

Digital Data Files Used:

            71/2 Minute Topographic Quadrangles Map   GEO Files Geo Topos Map North  South    DOQQs     GEO Dillon Sheet

           Files             Map Group Lists   File Names

      Vector (grp)                        grp             wrcn                                          

      Raster (bmp)                     RGP          GLAC   GRAV    HIGH    MAGN    TECT                                                                                                                                                                      

       DRG (Geotiff)                     drl             Dillon 1x2 degree Quad Geology     Pioneer Mts Geology   Highlands Mts Geology

                                                                    GEO topo WR      GEO topo Pioneer Mts GEO topo Dillon 2 degree

                                                                    Dewey Quad NAIP  (1m) Orthophotos  

      Shapefiles (shp)                   shl            EarthQuake Epicenters with Depth Labels