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component of the 2012 GE 111 course will take place between Sunday March 25 and Saturday
March 31, 2011. We will depart on Sunday, March 25 at 11 am from the
South Mudd loading bay (accessible off of Wilson Ave.). You
should arrive no later than 10:00 am to help load the trucks. We plan to return on
Friday, March 30, but if weather causes a delay, we will return on Saturday, March 26.
In the field, we will be running simultaneously seismic,
resistivity, GPR, magnetic and gravity surveys. This will necessitate dividing the
class into field crews for each day's work. Field crews will be
assigned in advance, to ensure that each student rotates through all the experiments during the
days in the field. The field crews will also attempt
to mix students so that they all have a chance to work with each other
and with each of the instructors.
The data we acquire will be communal and will be
analyzed by the entire class. You are expected to keep clear notes
for each experiment you participate in so that students not present for
that particular experiment can understand and have all relevant and
required information for interpretation.
You will be individually responsible for submitting a
written report, of which the interpretation part and discussion of the
scientific problem must be your own work. We expect the individual
portion of your report will be ~6 pages in length. You will be required
to write a draft version of the geologic/tectonic overview of the area and the
scientific problems being addressed before going to the field. The Ge111b final
report will be written during the Spring term.
We will return from the field by Saturday evening, March 31.
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