Lab Schedule
Dates Week Lab Topic Work
1/16-1/18 Week 1 No lab
1/21-1/25 Week 2 LAB 1: Intro to sedimentary rocks: clastic rocks Lab report due next lab
1/28-2/1 Week 3 LAB 2: Intro to sedimentary rocks: carbonate rocks & chemical sediments Lab report due next lab
2/4-2/8 Week 4 LAB 3: Sediment gravity flows Lab report due next lab
2/11-2/15 Week 5 LAB 4: Sedimentary structures Lab report due next lab
2/18-2/22 Week 6 LAB 5: Sedimentary petrology - Siliciclastic rocks Lab report due next lab
2/25-2/29 Week 7 LAB 6: Sedimentary petrology - Carbonate and chemical sedimentary rocks Lab report due next lab
3/3-3/7 Week 8 Lab Exam
3/10-3/14 Week 9 SPRING BREAK
3/17-3/21 Week 10 LAB 7: Sedimentary petrology - Provenance Lab report due next lab
3/24-3/28 Week 11 LAB 8: Paleocurrents/Paleogeography Lab report due next lab
3/31-4/4 Week 12 LAB 9: Rochester Gorge field trip (mandatory) Lab report due next lab
4/7-4/11 Week 13 LAB 10: SEM lab - Pelagic sediments Lab report due next lab
4/14-4/18 Week 14 LAB 11: Subsurface data analysis Lab report due next lab
4/21-4/25 Week 15 LAB 12: Sequence/Seismic stratigraphy Lab report due in class
4/28-4/30 Week 16 No lab

The lab grade (40% of final grade) will be based upon your performance on a series of exercises and an exam completed during the lab session, and on take-home projects. The breakdown of individual lab projects and exams is given above.

All students should obtain a field notebook, grain size card, a rock hammer, small plastic bottle for carrying dilute HCl, a hand lens, a ruler to be brought on field trips and to appropriate labs. Acid bottles and grain size cards can be purchased from Carmie ($2 for acid bottles and $4 for grain size cards). All other supplies can be purchased from WARD's or other geology equipment distributors (see order form handout and catalog).

The lab sections all meet in Hutchison 205. If you have any questions regarding lab, email the TA, Dave Auerbach.
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