Folds, Cross-sections, & Apparent dip (Post Field Trip Data Analysis)
Alyssa Abbey, California State University-Long Beach
This activity helps students conceptualize structures seen in the field and create 3D models from collected field data. Students learn about converting apparent dips to true dips using a Stereonet in the case of ...

Combining Map and Cross Section Results into a 3-D Model
Hannah Blatchford, Eastern Michigan University
This activity is designed to show students that geologic maps and cross-sections are each two-dimensional views of the same three-dimensional structure and that they must therefore agree. Students develop a ...

Exploring relationships between map patterns and stereonets of cylindrically folded layers
Hannah Blatchford, Eastern Michigan University
This activity utilizes the Geology Explorer and Stereonet modules of Visible Geology to help students understand how map patterns of folded stratigraphy are related to their corresponding stereograms. Students ...

Exploring Fold Interference Patterns Using Visible Geology
Andrew Laskowski, Montana State University
This activity uses the Visible Geology web-based application, which includes interactive 3D modeling tools to help students visualize and recreate complex fold interference patterns resulting from superposed ...

Basin Stratigraphic Correlation
Amy Weislogel, West Virginia University
This lab activity allows students to examine a basin-scale simulation of Appalachian stratigraphy and examine the variation in strata represented in drill cores that would result across the basin. Students use this ...

How geologic beds and other planar features interact with topography: Rule of V's
Alyssa Abbey, California State University-Long Beach
This activity helps students learn about how planar features, such as faults and bedding contacts interact with topography. Students explore various topographic map patterns, then focus on how bedding contacts ...

Analyzing Plunging Folds Using Stereonets and 3D Modeling in Visible Geology
Andrew Laskowski, Montana State University
This hybrid activity integrates manual or digital stereonet techniques with Visible Geology's 3D modeling tools to analyze and reverse-engineer the geometry of a plunging antiformal fold. It expands on a ...

Reservoir Sandstone Stratigraphic Correlation
Amy Weislogel, West Virginia University
This lab activity allows students to integrate sedimentologic data with stratigraphic models they create in the Visible Geology web-based application to characterize deposits along a transect of an ancient delta. ...