Instructors: Joann Stock, Rob Clayton

This is the description of the class that was offered in Spring Term, 2001.  The course involved approximately 18 days of field work at the start of the quarter aboard a research ship, the Nathaniel B. Palmer, on a transit from Capetown, South Africa, to Punta Arenas, Chile.  The students  measured gravity, magnetics, and swath bathymetry, and also did general watchstanding, during the course of the cruise.  We also did marine seismic reflection profiling for a short time during the cruise.  Lectures on these techniques and instruction on data collection and initial data processing were given during the cruise.  Each student was expected to read background material prior to and during the cruise (see the list of references ; students could register for Ge193 for 3 credits winter term 2001 to be used for the assigned reading for the class).   The cruise dates were April 1 to April 17, 2001.   Each student was responsible for several homework assignments during the class, and for writing a final cruise report.

Recommended previous classes in preparation for this class include:  undergraduate or graduate geophysics, Ge111 (Field Geophysics), and Ge180 (Plate Tectonics; new course number as of Fall 2001 is Ge161). Ge193 Winter quarter 2001 was also recommended.   Permission of the instructors (Stock and Clayton) was required for participation.

Click here to see a map of the ship track for the cruise.
Click here to see the weekly science reports that were sent back to NSF about our activities.

Last updated:  July 13, 2001.