Schedule: GEOL 4714/5714 - Field Geophysics Fall 2022
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

Labs and fieldwork are still very fluid, especially later in the term. Schedule after the 25th iffy. More up to date info will be in Canvas.

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

Day

Date

Time Location

Topic

Reading

Tues

23 Aug

1:00 pm BESC 1B75

Introduction

Ch. 1

Thurs

25 Aug 1:00 pm field south of Benson (west end)

GPS field lab

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

Tues

30 Aug

 1:00 pm BESC 1B75 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 1 Sep 12:30 pm Loading dock (Caribou) EM31 survey

Tues

6 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 1B75 EM31contour lab

Contouring in Matlab/Surfer webpages

Thurs

8 Sep

 12:30 pm Loading dock Resistivity profiling

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

Tues

13 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 1B75 Resistivity lab
EM31 lab due
 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
(For Resistivity lab you will want to examine Ch. 5, pp. 265-305, 314-338)
Thurs 15 Sep 12:30 pm Loading dock Seismic refraction

Ch. 2 pp. 7-11, 14-38, 47-60; Ch. 3 65-77, 91-100 (skim 78-90), 129-36,
Ch. 11 - 13
Tues 20 Sep 2:00 pm BESC 1B75

Refraction lab
Resistivity lab due
Reflection/diffraction lecture

Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229
For lab: Ch. 3 pp.65-120 (new material is 78-90, 100-120)
Sunday 25 Sep 9:00 am Loading dock Reflection/diffraction

 

Tues

27 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 1B75

GPR lecture

Ch. 8 pp. 524-539

Thurs

29 Sep

 12:30 pm Loading dock Refraction lab due
GPR 		 
Tues

4 Oct

 1:00 pm BESC 1B75

Gravity/magnetics lecture
GPR lab

Ch. 6, pp. 349-372, Ch. 7 pp. 429-454

Thurs

6 Oct

12:30 pm Loading dock

Gravity



Tues

11 Oct

 - BESC 1B75 (if needed) Work on GPR lab Geological Society of America meeting in Denver

Thurs

13 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 1B75 GPR lab due
Gravity (?) lab

For lab: Ch. 6, pp. 349-372
 For mag lab, if included: Ch. 7 pp. 454-493 (esp. beginning of sec. 7.5, all of sec. 7.6)   
Tues

18 Oct

 2:00 pm BESC 1B75 (if needed) Work on gravity lab  

Thurs

20 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 1B75

Gravity lab pt 2 due

  
Tues 25 Oct 2:00 pm BESC 1B75 (if needed) work on gravity lab  
Thurs 27 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 1B75 Final gravity lab due
Reflection lab 
 Ch. 4, pp. 170-181, 221-225.
(other labs hopefully returned before this)
Tues 1 Nov 2:00 pm BESC 1B75 (if needed) work on reflection lab  
Thurs 3 Nov 2:00 pm BESC 1B75

Reflection lab due
Preparation for 5714 field final

 
Tues 8 Nov 12:30 pm South campus/loading dock 5714 Field Final (5714 student plus 4714 students as helpers)
Thurs 10 Nov 1:00 pm* BESC 1B75 Q&A (review)  
Tues 15 Nov 2:00 pm BESC 1B75 Final Exam  

* are dates where the start time might be moved to 2 pm because of other meetings.

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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