The Geology of Western Vermont-Final Paper
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Your final
> paper should be an integration of the bedrock geology and the
> geological processes that you have interpreted to be important during
> this semester. The focal point of the paper will be the exposures of
> the Champlain Thrust Fault at Lone Rock Point. Plan to include selected
> data from this located (i.e. fault plane orientation, slickenlines,
> fold axes, cleavage) as well as specific data sets from your reports
> on Lessors Quarry, the Beam, and Clay Point. To help you develop a
> regional geologic picture, you will be given copies of a structural
> cross section across Vermont.
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> Here are a few specific questions that you could focus on in your final
> paper:
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> 1) Did all the faults we observed at Lessors Quarry, the Beam, Clay
> Point and Lone Rock Point form in the same or similar stress fields?
> Could they have been part of the same tectonic event?
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> 2) How does the geometry of structures (faults, cleavage, folds etc.)
> change from west to east across Vermont?
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> 3) How are structures observed at Lone Rock Point different than or
> similar to structures at each of the other outcrops we observed?
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> 4) What geological processes were important during the construction of
> western Vermont at the regional (i.e. tens to hundreds of kilometers)
> scale?
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> 5) Were fault bend folds, fault imbrication, and some of the other
> processes we observed at the outcrop scale also important at the
> regional scale?
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> 6) What was the sequence of geologic events that formed western
> Vermont?
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Your final paper should integrate what you have seen and understood
> about the bedrock geology of western Vermont this semester but it
> should not be a repetition of what you observed and interpreted at each
> locality. You should plan to use <italic>some</italic> of the
> information (stereonets, maps, cross sections, diagrams) that formed
> part of your previous reports, but it must be summarized and directed
> towards the main focus of this final paper. For example, the
> retrodeformation at the Beam could be very useful if you incorporate it
> into the paper in the right way. Simply to include it is not enough,
> you must explain how the concepts we developed there might apply to the
> geology of Vermont in general. Think about which new diagrams would be
> helpful to illustrate your comparisons? Below is a list of potential
> diagrams that might be useful. Feel free to redraw your own versions or
> used a published map of Vermont geology. If you use a published map
> and simplify it you must credit the source (also look on the walls of
> Perkins, in the geology museum, or in the map room at Bailey).
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> 1. Geological map of western Vermont between the latitudes of
> Burlington and Milton.
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> 2. Geological cross section of western Vermont. No stratigraphic
> section is needed, although the general nature and geological setting
> represented by the rocks should be discussed briefly in the
> introduction or in a separate section if you wish. However, you do not
> need to go into the details of the stratigraphy as we did at Lessor's
> Quarry.
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> 3. Location of all field areas studied. Representative structural
> information from studied areas with explanations (including figure
> captions). These localities should be on the map and your cross
> sections.
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> 4. Selective stereonets that summarize information from different
> localities.
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> 5. Other conceptual diagrams that compare and contrast specific aspects
> of the geology at each place studied.
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> The final paper:
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> 1) Aim for 5-8 pages using font 12 and Times New Roman or a comparable
> style. This page limit excludes diagrams and their figure captions.
> Remember, short papers mean that every paragraph you write must make a
> specific point that is relevant to the aim of the paper. There is no
> room for meandering commentaries or other filler material.
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> 2) Everyone turns in separate reports including diagrams (be sure to
> provide references for the diagrams that are not your creation).
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> 3) Potential organization:
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> Abstract (a 250 word (or less) summary of the main points in your
> paper)
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> Introduction
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> Geology of Lone Rock Point (including data, diagrams, site
> interpretations etc.)
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> Regional Data
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> Regional Interpretations
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> Conclusions
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> References Cited
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