© 2026 Earthscience Education LLC. All rights reserved.
COURSE VIDEO LECTURES
Watch BEFORE associated Field Day
To watch in full-screen, please open in YouTube
GEL2530 Field Methods: Introduction
and Required Materials (22:12)
Materials needed for the course. Must be acquired before our first field meeting.
GEL2530 II First 3 Notebook Pages
(16:42)
What to write in your first 3 field notebook pages. How to establish eye height and pace / step distance as personal field measurement tools.
GEL2530 III Field Notebook Entries
(18:43)
Lettering, Numbering and Sketching in Field Notebooks
GEL2530 IV Strike & Dip Lecture and
Field Instruction (43:18)
Explanation of Strike & Dip, magnetic declination, azimuth vs. quadrant scales and conversion, in-field outcrop selection, measurement procedures and field notebook entries
A Review: GEL1010 Lab 13 - Contour
Lines & Topographic Maps (29:15)
The basics of topographic contour lines and elevation. An overview and how-to instructions. - Link to GEL1010 Lab 13 -
GEL2530 V True thickness
measurement of dipping geologic
strata (23:58)
Introduction to Jacob's Staff and Brunton - Eye Height measurements to derive at the true thickness of dipping geologic beds
© 2026 Earthscience Education LLC: All rights reserved.
COURSE VIDEO LECTURES
Watch BEFORE associated Field Day
To watch in full-screen, please open in YouTube
GEL2530 Field Methods:
Introduction and Required
Materials (22:12)
Materials needed for the course. Must be acquired before our first field meeting.
GEL2530 II First 3 Notebook Pages
(16:42)
What to write in your first 3 field notebook pages. How to establish eye height and pace / step distance as personal field measurement tools.
GEL2530 III Field Notebook Entries
(18:43)
Lettering, Numbering and Sketching in Field NotebooksGEL2530 IV Strike & Dip Lecture and
Field Instruction (43:18)
Explanation of Strike & Dip, magnetic declination, azimuth vs. quadrant scales and conversion, in-field outcrop selection, measurement procedures and field notebook entries
A Review: GEL1010 Lab 13 - Contour
Lines & Topographic Maps (29:15)
The basics of topographic contour lines and elevation. An overview and how-to instructions. - Link to GEL1010 Lab 13 -
GEL2530 V True thickness
measurement of dipping geologic
strata (23:58)
Introduction to Jacob's Staff and Brunton - Eye Height measurements to derive at the true thickness of dipping geologic beds
© 2026 Earthscience Education LLC. All rights reserved.
COURSE VIDEO
LECTURES
Watch BEFORE
associated Field Day
To watch in full-screen, please open in YouTube
GEL2530 Field
Methods:
Introduction and
Required Materials
(22:12)
Materials needed for the course. Must be acquired before our first field meeting.
GEL2530 II First 3
Notebook Pages
(16:42)
What to write in your first 3 field notebook pages. How to establish eye height and pace / step distance as personal field measurement tools.
GEL2530 III Field
Notebook Entries
(18:43)
Lettering, Numbering and Sketching in Field NotebooksGEL2530 IV Strike &
Dip Lecture and
Field Instruction
(43:18)
Explanation of Strike & Dip, magnetic declination, azimuth vs. quadrant scales and conversion, in-field outcrop selection, measurement procedures and field notebook entries
A Review: GEL1010
Lab 13 - Contour
Lines & Topographic
Maps (29:15)
The basics of topographic contour lines and elevation. An overview and how-to instructions. - Link to GEL1010 Lab 13 -
GEL2530 V True
thickness
measurement of
dipping geologic
strata (23:58)
Introduction to Jacob's Staff and Brunton - Eye Height measurements to derive at the true thickness of dipping geologic beds
