Prerequisite: GY265
Course status: Core
Credit Rating: 4 credits
Total hours spent: [4 weeks Fieldwork]
Course Objective(s)
o This course is designed to impart necessary knowledge to students carrying out geological mapping in selected terrains.
o Also the course intends to help students acquire knowledge on how to generate geological maps and cross-sections from the mapping data.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
o Carry out geological mapping in areas with complex terrain.
o Make a detailed geological map using the data obtained during mapping.
o Generate the geological report and cross-sections from the geological mapping data.
Course structure
Outcrop descriptions; structural measurements; survey methods.
Course Content
Geological mapping in the field by recording surface outcrops information from various rock types; Geological Map preparations; Generation of Geological cross-sections; Geological mapping report writing.
Assessment
Field (log) notebook [10%],Geological Map and sections [25%] and Report [15%],Final examination [50%].
Key Textbooks:
1. Barnes J.W. and Lisle R.J. (2013). Basic Geological Mapping. Vol. 42, J. Wiley and Sons, New York.
2. McClay K.R. (2013). The mapping of Geological Structures. Geological Society of London Handbook, Wiley and Sons.
3. Bates R.L., Heljeson, M.D.A. and Buchanan, R.C. (2004). Geo-writing: A Guide to Writing, Editing and Printing in Earth Sciences. (5th Ed. Revised). American Geological Institute.
4. Bennison, G.M. Paul, A. and Keith A. (2013). An introduction to geological structures and maps. (8th Ed.) Routledge.