A portion of the USGS Tenaya Lake 7.5-Minute Topographic Quadrangle, 1997 (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=a13937f045f0e16e064149d04c93df1a).
Topographic Maps
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Important Notes
- The reading assignments are in the required textbooks listed at the bottom of this document.
- 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 on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet.
| Lab Section | Scheduled Meeting | Grad TA | GTA Email |
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| A | Tuesday starting at 12:30 PM CT | Zhao (Amanda) Wang | Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu |
| B | Tuesday starting at 2:40 PM CT | Zhao (Amanda) Wang | Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu |
| C | Tuesday starting at 4:40 PM CT | Sarah Kogler | Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu |
| D | Wednesday starting at 12:20 PM CT | Zequn Wu | Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu |
| E | Wednesday starting at 2:30 PM CT | Zequn Wu | Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu |
| F | Wednesday starting at 4:40 PM CT | Sarah Kogler | Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu |
| G | Thursday starting at 12:30 PM CT | Roy Bassoo | Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu |
| j | Thursday starting at 2:40 PM CT | Roy Bassoo | Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu |
Lab Assignment
https://youtu.be/e62xi7IaBrU
- View the video "Topographic Maps and Orthoimages" introducing the material in Chapter 9 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/ymsX24.
- View the video "Measuring Distance Using a Bar Scale" at https://youtu.be/e62xi7IaBrU.
- 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.
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section What Are Topographic Maps?, Pages 244-246.
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Interpreting Topographic Maps, Pages 246-247.
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Relief and Gradient (Slope), Pages 247-251.
- 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.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Topographic Profiles and Vertical Exaggeration, Pages 250-251.
- 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.
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.
Required Textbooks And Online Resources
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AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy)
Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972
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Modified Mastering Geology with eText for Tarbuck et al., Earth 13th edition*
This version of Mastering Geology is used within the Canvas LMS.
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*Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition, 2020, by E.J. Tarbuck, F.K. Lutgens, and S. Linneman, with illustrations by D.G. Tasa: New York, Pearson Higher Education, 754 p.
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