Geosciences 470L/570L
Volcanology: Laboratory and Field Methods
Laboratory and Field Trip Schedule Spring 2015
Date (Monday)
January
19
26
**
February
March
2
9
16
23
2
9
16
23
**
April
30
6
13
20
27
May
4
Exercise
No lab (Martin Luther King Holiday)
Lab 1: Silicic lava domes and related pyroclastic deposits (hand
specimen identification and exercise involving geologic maps of Glass
Mountain, Long Valley, CA, and Pine Grove, UT)
Field trip: Field mapping exercise on silicic lavas and associated
tuffs, Superstition Mountains, Arizona, Friday evening (30 Jan. 1)
through Sunday afternoon (Feb. 1) (back in time for start of Super
Bowl)
No lab (work on field trip write up)
Lab 2: Ignimbrites and related rocks (rock samples)
In-class field trip to map volcanic stratigraphy at Sentinel Peak
(“A” Mountain)
No lab (work on field trip write up)
Lab 3: Intermediate rocks—dacite and andesite samples—laboratory
exercise
Lab 4: Map and cross section exercise on intermediate rocks, Mount
Adams, WA
No lab—Spring break (and Structure Short Course), 14-22 March
No lab
Field trip to look at field exposures of intermediate to mafic rocks,
Coronado Trail, eastern Arizona (Hwy 191) Friday afternoon
(Mar. 27) through Sunday evening (Mar. 29)
No lab (work on field trip write up)
Lab 5: Mafic rock samples—laboratory exercise; Team formation for
group project on mafic eruption accounts (graduate students only;
extra credit for undergraduates)
Lab 6: Mafic map and section exercise on mafic extrusive rocks,
Hawaii and Craters of the Moon, ID; Review progress on group
projects
No lab—prepare for PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint oral presentation by groups on mafic eruption
accounts (graduate students only); constructive criticism
Lab 7: Exercise on kimberlites and komatiites; Course evaluations
(No lab final)