Final Grades Advanced Field Geology, Spring 1998 Ramon Arrowsmith , ASU Geology Phil Pearthree , visiting lecturer Heidi Stenner , Teaching Assistant First class meeting is February 2 at 5 pm in PSF566. In four weekend field excursions, students will gain field experience with a variety of environmental and applied mapping problems. Dr. Phil Pearthree, who studies geologic hazards and Quaternary geology for the Arizona Geological Survey, will help teach the course.
Emphasis is on geological mapping and careful observation in the field.
Field maps and notebooks will be turned in at the end of each field excursion. These will be graded and returned. There will be one class meeting at the beginning of the semester, and then a several hour meeting before each trip to discuss logistics and the key elements of the mapping problem and follow-up analysis. Evaluation of the geometry and activity of this landslide is an area of interest for both the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Arizona Geological Survey. The airphoto bases will be used to document the rocks, landforms, and other features in the area to establish the context for the development of the slide, and then the total stations will be used in turns to make a high resolution topographic and structure map of the landslide.