Geosciences 470L/570L Volcanology: Laboratory and Field Methods Laboratory and Field Trip Schedule Spring 2015, Revised 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) No lab after Easter weekend 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 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)