Introduction to Geology

Labs and Exercises

SES #	LABS AND EXERCISES
2	Exercise 1: Composition of the Mantle (PDF)
3–4	Lab 1: Mineral Identification (PDF) Mineral Identification Guide (PDF) Blank Chart for Minerals (PDF)
5–8	Lab 2: Rock Identification (PDF) Blank Chart for Igneous Rocks (PDF) Blank Chart for Sedimentary Rocks (PDF) Blank Chart for Metamorphic Rocks (PDF) Information about Metamorphic Rocks (PDF) Blank Chart for Unknown Rocks (PDF)
10	Exercise 2: Rock Structure and Deformation (PDF)
11–12	Lab 3: Geochronology (PDF)
13–15	Lab 4: Plate Tectonics (PDF) This lab is from comprehensive work by Dale S. Sawyer at Rice University. Used with permission. Additional materials used in the lab are available to download at his website.
19, 21	Lab 5: Earthquakes Seismicity and Earthquakes, Part I (PDF) Wolfe, Cecily J., Sean C. Solomon, et al. “Mantle Shear-wave Velocity Structure Beneath the Hawaiian Hot Spot.” Science 326, no. 5958 (2009): 1388–90. Seismicity and Earthquakes, Part II (PDF)
22	Exercise 3: Stereonets (PDF) Stereonet Template
24	Exercise 4: Reading Geological Maps (PDF)
25–27	Lab 6: Geologic Mapping (PDF) Example Stratigraphic Column (PDF) Base Map (PDF)
28–29	Lab 7: Rivers (PDF)
35	Exercise 5: Science, Policy, and Public Opinion (PDF)