The Geology of Western Vermont-Final Paper > > > </smaller></smaller></underline></bold><smaller><smaller> 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. > > > Here are a few specific questions that you could focus on in your final > paper: > > > 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? > > 2) How does the geometry of structures (faults, cleavage, folds etc.) > change from west to east across Vermont? > > 3) How are structures observed at Lone Rock Point different than or > similar to structures at each of the other outcrops we observed? > > 4) What geological processes were important during the construction of > western Vermont at the regional (i.e. tens to hundreds of kilometers) > scale? > > 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? > > 6) What was the sequence of geologic events that formed western > Vermont? > > > 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). > > > 1. Geological map of western Vermont between the latitudes of > Burlington and Milton. > > 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. > > 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. > > 4. Selective stereonets that summarize information from different > localities. > > 5. Other conceptual diagrams that compare and contrast specific aspects > of the geology at each place studied. > > > The final paper: > > 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. > > 2) Everyone turns in separate reports including diagrams (be sure to > provide references for the diagrams that are not your creation). > > 3) Potential organization: > > Abstract (a 250 word (or less) summary of the main points in your > paper) > > Introduction > > Geology of Lone Rock Point (including data, diagrams, site > interpretations etc.) > > Regional Data > > Regional Interpretations > > Conclusions > > References Cited > >