Besides these routines, GeoPyTool also allows users to load any figure from articles or books as a base map. More than acting as a link from raw data stored in Microsoft Excel ® (MS Excel) files to vector graphic files, GeoPyTool includes recently developed routines that have not been included in previous software, such as the calculation of the Ce (IV)/Ce (III) ratio for zircons as a method to examine the temporal evolution of oxygen fugacity in the magmatic source for igneous rocks, and the temperature calculator with titanium in zircon and zirconium in rutile. Word version of Handout (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 390kB Jun11 14)īlank Rose Diagram (Microsoft Word 2007 (.GeoPyTool is an open source application developed for geological calculations and plots, such as geochemical classification, parameter calculation, basic statistical analysis and diagrams for structural geology. Student Handout for Paleocurrent Lab (Acrobat (PDF) 2.3MB Jun11 14)
They are then given additional time to complete their brief write-up (I give until the beginning of the next week). The hope is that they vet their hypotheses and begin crafting a rough draft of their write-up by the second class period. They engage with their partners and ask questions of the instructor. Also, students will be able to see the channel fills, which they should recognize as key to their interpretation for other, less obvious sites.Īfter the field excursion, we spend the following two class periods introducing Rose diagrams and the students compile their data. Large cross-bed sets are easily measured here. It is easy to access and has terrific exposure from undercutting that has created several measurable cantilevers. The first, and most obvious location is at Cucumber Falls on the western side of the park. On the trip, students will use the topographic map to locate themselves and to note our field stops. It is a one-day field trip to a location about 45 minutes from our campus, usually taking a full Saturday (8-10 hours). This exercise is founded upon a field trip that we take for Sedimentology, to Ohiopyle State Park.
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