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    This document provides guidance on basic field procedures for geological mapping, including planning a field study, making observations and measurements in the field, taking clear and organized notes and sketches, accurately recording information on a map, and ensuring all field sheets are properly labeled and identified. Key aspects of effective geological mapping covered are representing exposure shapes and boundaries accurately, interpreting contacts between formations, including lithological and structural keys, and using colors and letters consistently in maps.

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    This document provides guidance on basic field procedures for geological mapping, including planning a field study, making observations and measurements in the field, taking clear and organized notes and sketches, accurately recording information on a map, and ensuring all field sheets are properly labeled and identified. Key aspects of effective geological mapping covered are representing exposure shapes and boundaries accurately, interpreting contacts between formations, including lithological and structural keys, and using colors and letters consistently in maps.

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    12.001 Introduction to Geology


    Spring 2008

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    Basic Field Procedures


    Planning
    Location
    Observation
    Measurements
    Notes and Sketches
    Mapping
    Geologic relationships

    Recording information on a map

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    All exposures ringed by a solid line, colour coded by formation with an abbreviated
    lithological descriptor e.g. f.gr.rd. sstn (= fine grained red sandstone)
    Information about what can seen
    All structural data, unless there is too much to fit it all on the map, in which case,
    representative structural data

    Recording exposures
    Map A: good features
    Represents exposure shape on the map
    as accurately as possible, bearing in mind
    the scale
    Accurate placement of boundary due to
    accurate recording of observations
    V effect in valley where boundary is
    inferred
    Map B: poor features
    Exposures too blobby and not to scale
    Boundary poorly placed due to above
    features
    V effect in valley not interpreted

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    copyright restrictions.

    Inferred contacts

    Elkins-Tanton

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    All field sheets should have a lithostratigraphic key and all structural
    symbols used should be explained. The lithostratigraphic key should
    contain information about lithotype (i.e. not just a list of formation
    names)

    Make sure you write your


    name on the reverse of each
    field sheet. The
    lithostratigraphic key can be
    on the reverse
    A diagram to show how the
    field sheets fit together is
    very helpful

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    copyright restrictions.

    Using colors and


    letters in geologic
    maps:
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    copyright restrictions.

    Sls = Silurian
    limestone
    Pv = Permian
    volcanic rock

    Brunton Compass

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