Week 6 (7/10-7/16)
Monday (7/10): Office day used to finish the North Cross Section.
Tuesday-Friday (7/11-7/15) We started our last mapping assignment on Tuesday morning. It was a very large area and required four full days in the field to complete. The professors took us through a walk through on Tuesday morning, then set us loose after lunch. Since it was the last mapping project, our professors expected us to do a lot more on our own. We used the skills and knowledge we had obtained during the previous five weeks to make our own interpretations. Instead of working individually or in groups of two, we worked in groups of 4-5. This in itself was a learning experience and beneficial for our future work as geologists because the real world requires team work and collaboration. The four days were spent hiking across the mapping area while taking measurements and mapping contacts. This area was complex, and we all had to work hard to understand the geologic history. It was a very difficult but also very rewarding last mapping project.
The group during the morning walk through on Tuesday.
Beautiful view of the mapping area.
Saturday-Sunday (7/15-7/16): Saturday and half of Sunday were used to work on our final mapping assignment. We had to turn in one group map, as well as individual cross sections, lithologic descriptions, and a brief geologic evolution of the area. The second half of Sunday was used to study for the final!