Exercise 2: Redwood Creek

Geology 435 Field Methods III

Field Exercise #2

These are materials in support of this field exercise.

Assignment (28 MB pdf)
Tide Prediction (Crescent City)

GIS Data

GIS Data: 1 m Slopeshade & Hillshade, Elevation Contours (5 m and 10 m) (170 MB zip)

Additional Materials

Structural Geology Lab Manual (pdf)
Other Stereonets (pdf)

References:

Compton, Robert R., 1985. Geology in the Field. Wiley Press, New York, pp. 229-234. Chapter 11.
Delattre, M. and Rosinski, A., 2012. Preliminary Geologic Map of Onshore Portions of the Crescent City and Orick 30′ X 60′ Quadrangles, California, State of California, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA.
FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization, last updated 3/30/2015: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/

Geologic Maps

Delattre, M. and Rosinski, A., 2012. Preliminary Geologic Map of Onshore Portions of the Crescent City and Orick 30′ X 60′ Quadrangles, California, State of California, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA. (map pdf) (map jpg) (pamphlet pdf)

USGS Topographic Maps

1:24,000

2015 7.5′ 1:24,000 Trinidad (pdf)
2012 7.5′ 1:24,000 Trinidad (pdf)
1966 7.5′ 1:24,000 Trinidad (pdf)
1966 7.5′ 1:24,000 Trinidad (kmz)

1:62,500

1945 7.5′ 1:62,500 Trinidad (pdf)
1952 7.5′ 1:62,500 Trinidad (pdf)

1:250,000

1949 7.5′ 1:250,000 Eureka (pdf)

Stereonet Videos

Set Up a Stereonet

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Plot Planes on a Stereonet

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Plot Poles to Planes on a Stereonet

This is a link to the embedded file below (mp4)

Field Geology Guides

Guidebook #1 (32 MB pdf)
Guidebook #2 (5 MB pdf)

Geology 435 course web page.

Geological Society of America Timescale (click on image to download pdf file).

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