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

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.

Assignments

1. View the short video by Dave McConnell and friends —
   Classification of Faults.
2. Scan: Earth, chapter 10, section 10.1 How Rocks Deform, and section 10.3 Faults and Joints: Rock Structures Formed by Brittle Deformation.
3. Scan: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 10, section How Does Rock Deform?, subsections Deformation and Stress, Brittle Deformation, and Types of Faults, pages 271-274.
4. View the video "Topographic Maps and Orthoimages" introducing the material in Chapter 9 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/ymsX24.
5. View the video "Measuring Distance Using a Bar Scale" at https://youtu.be/e62xi7IaBrU.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section What Are Topographic Maps?, Pages 244-246.
9. 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.
10. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Interpreting Topographic Maps, Pages 246-247.
11. 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.
12. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Relief and Gradient (Slope), Pages 247-251.
13. 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.
14. Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 9, section Topographic Profiles and Vertical Exaggeration, Pages 250-251.
15. 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.

Mastering Geology Reminder

Complete the Dyamic Study Module called Crustal Deformation by going to Mastering Geology through the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).

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