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Skill puzzles part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Sarah Titus, Carleton College
These are short exercises that allow students practice with concepts in Structural Geology, Tectonics, or Geophysics. (Many of them were designed with Eric Horsman.) The basic idea is to give students opportunities ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics, Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Gravity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves (DAGSAW)/Filtering part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
George Jiracek, San Diego State University
Filtering is one of the most important steps in geophysical data recording and processing since it is present in all geophysical analysis. Filtering is explained in the Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Gravity and Magnetic Consulting Project part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Lawrence L. Malinconico, Lafayette College
This project involves the design, implementation, data collection, analysis and report writing for gravity and magnetic survey conducted over a two month period during the course.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Gravity, Magnetism/Paleomag
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Geophysics in the community part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
In this activity students develop independent or small group research projects in collaboration with local community organizations, or with the goal of investigating a topic relevant to the greater community. This ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction, Seismic reflection, Ground Penetrating Radar, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Geophysics in other disciplines, Seismology, Gravity, Exploration Methods:Electrical Conductivity/Resistivity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

In-situ Density from Gravity by Nettleton part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Scott White, University of South Carolina-Columbia
This activity develops students' understanding of gravity data corrections and density estimates by using a gravimeter to collect data and then interpret this data to find an estimate for the local bulk ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Gravity, Geodesy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Estimating Valley Fill Thickness with a Gravity Survey part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Bill Witte, University of Alaska Fairbanks
We will make a gravity traverse of the Goldstream valley to determine the thickness of the valley fill. The exercise will take ~ 4hrs, working in two teams all students will get to function in each of the survey ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Geodesy, Gravity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Sequenced writing assignment part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Steven Jaume, College of Charleston
An iterative term paper where students include new geophysical data in each new version. This allows the instructor to work closely with the student and point out how different geophysical datasets constrain ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic reflection, Seismic refraction, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Gravity, Exploration Methods, Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves/Digital Recording part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
George Jiracek, San Diego State University
Sampling (digitizing) of geophysical data is explained using animations by multiplications in the time or space domains by Dirac combs and boxcar functions. Pitfalls in this process can render digital data totally ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Gravity, Seismology, Magnetism/Paleomag

Measuring the Gravity Field: "The Stairwell Lab" part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Samuel Peavy, Georgia Southwestern State University
This lab teaches the student how to use a gravimeter by measuring gravity in a stairwell. A plot of the data set will yield and estimate of the elevation correction.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Gravity, Exploration Methods

Atlantic City Mapping Project part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Peter Knoop, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The Atlantic City project combines magnetic and gravimetric surveys with standard geological field mapping techniques. Lack of outcrops and Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are a key features of the mapping area, and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity, Field Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Exploration Methods, Gravity, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks