Schedule: GEOL 4714/5714 - Field Geophysics Fall 2018

Field days are shown in red (all day long)
Labs are in blue (will go well into the afternoon)
Lectures are in black and should only be an hour
Reading in Burger bold, in supplementary Milsom in italics

Note that football home dates are 9/15, 9/28 (Friday), 10/6 and 10/27; GSA is Nov 4-7

Labs and fieldwork late in the term are still very much in development and likely to change.

We usually have some down days due to weather or equipment problems

Day

Date

Time
 Location

Topic

Reading

Tues

28 Aug

1:00 pm
 BESC 355

Introduction

Ch. 1

Thurs

30 Aug
1:00 pm
 BESC 355, then south of Benson

GPS field lab

 GPS/location class reading; Lab 1 instructions; Field Notebook Guidelines; Lab Report Guidelines

Tues

4 Sept

1:00 pm BESC 355 EM31 and electrical lecture (GPS lab due) Ch. 5, pp. 265-290, 314-329, 331-338, Ch. 8 pp. 500-518
Ch. 5 & 6
Thurs
6 Sep
12:30 pm or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC EM31 survey

Tues

11 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 355 EM31contour lab, seismic refraction lecture

Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), 129-36. Note some errors on errata page for old printing
Ch. 11 - 13

Thurs

13 Sep

 12:30 or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Resistivity profiling (+ refraction??)

Ch. 5, pp. 265-290, 314-329, 331-338
Ch. 5 & 6

Tues

18 Sep

 2:00 pm BESC 355 LATE START
Reflection & GPR lecture
Resistivity lab; (EM31 lab due)		 Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229,
Ch. 8 500-509, 524-533 (review relevant parts of Ch. 4)
(For Resistivity lab you will want to examine Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338)
Thurs 20 Sep 12:30 pm or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Seismic refraction--equipment failed

Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), 129-36,
Ch. 11 - 13
Tues 25 Sep 1:00 pm BESC 355 Work on resistivity lab (return EM31 labs)  
Thurs 27 Sep 1:00 pm BESC 355 lecture on gravity and magnetics, survey design.
Resistivity lab due

Ch. 6, pp. 349-372, Ch. 7 pp. 429-454
For lab: Ch. 3 pp.65-120 (new material is 78-90, 100-120)
Ch. 13
Sat 29 Sep 8:00 am loading dock Caribou: Gravity, Magnetics, (Reflection?) Ch. 6, pp. 349-372, Ch. 7 pp. 429-454 (plus Ch 4 and 8 above if reflection and GPR)

Tues

2 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355 Gravity lab pt 1 (terrain corrections, reduction + contour map) (Refraction lab due)


For lab: Ch. 6, pp. 349-372 (will go over pt 2, read pp. 378-399, 409-420)
Thurs 4 Oct 12:30 pm or 2:30 pm loading dock, west side BESC Seismic refraction (Beech, tentative)

Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), 129-36,

Tues

9 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355 Gravity lab Pt 2: Profile interpretation (Check on gravity lab 1 results) Ch. 6, pp. 378-399, 409-420

Thurs

11 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355/Computer lab Continue with Gravity Lab 2 (possible field day for seismic reflection) If reflection: Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229

Tues

16 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355 Gravity Lab due
Refraction lab		 Ch. 3 pp. 120-126, Ch. 4, pp. 170-181, 221-225.
Thurs
18 Oct
1:00 pm BESC 355/Computer lab Continue with Refraction Lab  

Tues

23 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 355/Computer lab Refraction lab due. Possible Reflection/time term lab [will push back final if assigned]  

Thurs

25 Oct

 1:00 pm BESC 355    
Tues 30 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 355 If reflection lab assigned, due  
Thurs 1 Nov 1:00 pm BESC 355 Final exam  
Tues 6 Nov     No class, GSA  
Thurs 8 Nov        
Tues 13 Nov        
Thurs 15 Nov        
Tues 20 Nov     Fall break (no class)  
Thurs 22 Nov     Thanksgiving (no class)  

Please send mail if you encounter any problems or have suggestions.

C. H. Jones | CIRES | Dept. of Geological Sciences | Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

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