The post-meeting trips arranged for a guided by VSI sci- entists were a great success, and at the outset I'd like to convey the thanks from my colleagues, and from myself, for extending this considerable hospitality and courtesy to us. Each and every one of the participants: Fiske, Simkin, Stoiber, Williams, Glicken, Yokoyama, Punongbayan the Banks, Rosengren, and of course Mary Ann and I, were…
To geologist, the field is where rocks or soils can be observed in place, and field geology consist of the methods used to examines and interpret structures and materials at the outcrop. Field studies are primary means of obtaining geologic knowledge. Some studies may be as simple as visiting a single outcrop or quarry, making notes and sketches on the relations between certain rocks, and colle…
Geology has evolved greatly since I wrote the manual of field geology in the 1950’s. Advances in theory have transformed the formation mapping of the time into increasingly broader and more interpretive studies. We have much to seek at the outcrop and the rising costs of field work compel us to recognize key features the first time around.
It is true that these and other phases of technical work have received an impetus under the exigencies of petroleum geology but they are none the less important in many other line of geological research both theoretical and commercial. They are of particular concern to the student of structural and field geology since they afford useful tool for the more thorough study of subsurface conditions…
To geologist, the field is where rocks or soils can be observed in place, and field geology consist of the methods used to examines and interpret structures and materials at the outcrop. Field studies are primary means of obtaining geologic knowledge. Some studies may be as simple as visiting a single outcrop or quarry, making notes and sketches on the relations between certain rocks, and colle…