|
SALEM STATE COLLEGE GLS 485—FIELD METHODS 5/31-6/15, 2006 EQUIPMENT LIST—Field Gear |
|
Each day you will go into the field and spend 8-9 hours collecting geologic data. Weather is not a consideration and no field days are cancelled. Therefore you must be self contained when you go into the field. What follows is a minimal list of what you should bring with you each day:
Daypack, maps, hammer, acid bottle, compass, handlens, fieldbook, protective eyewear, waterproof felt-tipped pens for marking samples, sample bags, raingear, lunch, 2 water bottles, emergency whistle, waterproof pens for writing on field maps and in fieldbooks, insect repellant. sunblock, knife, watch, small first aid kit
NOTE: The department will provide you with a Brunton compass, GPS unit and acid bottle. You must buy 2 hardback fieldbooks
You will construct 1 map and 1 stratigraphic column while in Montana and the 2nd map back at Salem State. In order to produce a decent ’fair copy’ map and strat column while in camp you must bring the following equipment:
Calculator, pencils, eraser, 6” ruler in tenths and cm, colored pencils (colors to be posted), waterproof pens in .01, .05, and 1.0, protractor, drafting triangle |
