Detail of the sandbox model of a strike-slip fault with elastic boundary zones. Photo by Vince Cronin.

Assignments For This Topic...

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The reading assignments are in the required textbooks listed on the main course syllabus (https://croninprojects.org/Vince/Course/PhysGeol/Geo1405-Spring2021.html. A reminder about how to get to the eText is provided HERE

This week's work is focused on the topographic maps lab, with a dash of faults and faulting. The skills you will begin to learn in the topo maps lab will be used in the next several labs. The information about faults will help as we work with earthquakes next week.

1. Read : the study questions for this section, listed at https://croninprojects.org/Vince/Course/PhysGeol/Geo1405-Faults-Q.html and keep them in mind as you read the following assignments. Most, if not all, of the answers will be in the reading assignments for this topic.
2. View the short video by Dave McConnell and friends — Classification of Faults .
3. Read : Earth , chapter 10, section 10.1 How Rocks Deform .
4. Read : Earth , chapter 10, section 10.3 Faults and Joints: Rock Structures Formed by Brittle Deformation .
5. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 10, section How Does Rock Deform? , subsections Deformation and Stress , Brittle Deformation , and Types of Faults , pages 271-275.
6. View the video "Topographic Maps and Orthoimages" introducing the material in Chapter 9 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/ymsX24 .
7. View the video "Measuring Distance Using a Scale Bar" at https://youtu.be/e62xi7IaBrU .
8. View the video "Geologic Structures, Maps, and Block Diagrams" introducing the material in Chapter 10 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/26f7MB .
9. Complete the lab assignment as described below
   
   Important Notes
   • A video conference will begin at the starting time each week for the lab section in which you are a registered student. You can ask questions related to the lab assignments during the weekly video conference. Each weekly conference will be accessible via a Microsoft Teams channel associated with your lab section. You can learn how to access your Microsoft 365 subscription as a Baylor student via https://www.baylor.edu/its/index.php?id=871490.
   • The completed laboratory activities assigned below must be submitted via the Canvas learning management system (LMS) before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet (e.g., due before Wednesday night at 11:59 PM for a lab scheduled on Tuesday). Instructions for submitting your lab work are provided HERE.
   • The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS before 11:59 PM Central Time two days after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet (e.g., due before Thursday night at 11:59 PM for a lab scheduled on Tuesday).
   
   Lab Assignment to be largely or entirely completed before your weekly lab meeting
   1. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 9, the cover page and everything from the Introduction section through the Public Land Survey System sections, Pages 231-244.
   2. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , Activity 9.2 Map Locations, Distances, Directions, and Symbols — ONLY parts A through F — on page 255. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE .
   3. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 9, section What Are Topographic Maps? , Pages 244-246.
   4. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , Activity 9.3 Topographic Map Construction on page 257. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE .
   5. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 9, section Interpreting Topographic Maps , Pages 246-247.
   6. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , Activity 9.4 Topographic Map and Orthoimage Interpretation on pages 258-260. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE .
   7. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 9, section Relief and Gradient (Slope) , Pages 247-251.
   8. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , Activity 9.5 Relief and Gradient (Slope) Analysis on pages 261-262 If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE .
   9. Read : AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , chapter 9, section Topographic Profiles and Vertical Exaggeration , Pages 250-251.
   10. Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual , Activity 9.6 Topographic Profile Construction on page 263 If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Topo Maps assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE
10. Complete the assigned work in Mastering Geology
    Complete the Dyamic Study Module called Crustal Deformation and HW10 by going to Mastering Geology through the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). A reminder about how to get to the Mastering Geology assignments is provided HERE

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 9.2 (parts A through F, inclusive), 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6.

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