Schedule: GEOL 4714/5714 - Field Geophysics Fall 2025
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 very fluid, especially later in the term. This schedule is overfull; what will be cut depends on equipment and weather
Field day at Caribou will determine exactly when we do gravity & magnetics labs.
Football has games 8/29, 9/6, 9/20, 9/27, 10/11, 11/1, 11/22; GSA 19-22 Oct.

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

Day

Date

Time Location

Topic

Reading

Thurs 21 Aug 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Introduction

Ch. 1

Tues

26 Aug

12:30 pm BESC 1B81 then field south of Benson (west end)

GPS field lab

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

Thurs

28 Aug 1:00 pm BESC 1B81 EM31 and electrical lecture, (GPS lab due) Ch. 5, pp. 265-290, 314-329, 331-338, Ch. 8 pp. 500-518
Ch. 5 & 6
Tues 2 Sept 12:30 pm Loading dock EM31 survey

Thurs

4 Sept

 1:00 pm BESC 1B81 EM31contour lab

Contouring in Matlab/Surfer webpages
Tues 9 Sep 12:30 pm Loading dock Resistivity profiling

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

Thurs

11 Sep

 1:00 pm BESC 1B81 Resistivity sounding lab
EM31 contour lab due
Seismic refraction lecture 		Ch. 5, pp. 265-338-305-314 particularly of interest
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

Tues

16 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
Thurs 18 Sept 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Refraction lab
Resistivity lab due
GPR lecture

Ch. 8 pp. 524-539 [some of this also helpful: Ch. 4 pp. 149-162, 200-209, 217-229]
For lab: Ch. 3 pp.65-120 (new material is 78-90, 100-126)
Tues 23 Sept 2:00 pm BESC 1B81 work on Refraction lab [weather delayed field work to 9/25]

Thurs

25 Sep

 12:30 pm Loading dock Refraction lab due
GPR		 Ch 8 500-509, 524-533
Tues 30 Sept 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Gravity/magnetics lecture
GPR lab

Ch. 6, pp. 349-372 (or new Ch 5, pp 1-23), Ch. 7 pp. 429-454
Lab reading Ch. 8 pp. 524-539
Thurs 2 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

meet if needed (help on GPR lab)

  
Sat
 4 Oct 9:00 am Loading dock Gravity/magnetics field day (Caribou)
  
Tues 7 Oct 1:00 pm BESC 1B81 [work on GPR lab]
  

Thurs

9 Oct

     Reading Day (no class)  

Tues

14 Oct

 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Gravity lab part 1
GPR lab due

 For gravity lab: Ch. 6, pp. 349-372 (or new Ch 5, pp 1-23)
Thurs

16 Oct

 12:30 pm BESC 1B81 Short class for quick check if needed  

Tues

21 Oct

1:00 pm   [GSA-no class]  
Thurs

23 Oct

 1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Gravity lab pt 1 due (table of reduced gravity values); start pt 2.
Ch. 6, pp. 378-402, 409-420 OR new Ch 5, pp. 26-54 (sections 5.5-5.7.3)

Tues

28 Oct

1:00 pm BESC 1B81

Gravity lab due



  
Thurs

30 Oct

     (no class)  

Tues

4 Nov

2:00 pm BESC 1B81
Review for final (all labs returned by now)		  
Thurs 6 Nov 1:00 pm BESC 1B81 Final Exam


Tues 11 Nov        
Thurs 13 Nov        
Tues 18 Nov        
Thurs 20 Nov        
Tues 25 Nov     (no classes) Fall break
Thurs 27 Nov     (no classes) Fall break
Tues 2 Dec        
Thurs 4 Dec       Last day of classes

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

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