An up-to-date publication on geological field techniques on the market, this title covers the broad spectrum of tasks completed during geological field work. Geological Field Techniques shows how to make geological field observations and collect primary geological data rather than teaching model-driven data collection. In particular the book covers the purpose of collecting different types of field data and what is appropriate for different situations and outcomes. Key Features: "Tricks of the trade" that cover less obvious practical points * Flow charts to summarize the key stages in each of the data collection processes * Colour coding for each chapter * Extensive cross-referencing * Four color throughout * Authoritative source * Handy format This book is ideal for Undergraduate earth science (and physical geography) students worldwide.
Author Biography
Dr Angela L. Coe (Senior Lecturer, The Open University, Milton Keynes) specialises in sedimentology and stratigraphy and has over 20 years of experience of collecting geological field data in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Over this time, she has also designed and taught field geology courses for several UK universities and has led many field trips for international conferences and petroleum companies. Her publications include scientific articles on palaeoclimate change, sedimentary cycles and the development of new stratigraphical techniques together with a popular undergraduate textbook on sequence stratigraphy. Dr Tom W. Argles (Lecturer, The Open University, Milton Keynes) is a geologist who has conducted structural and metamorphic fieldwork in several mountain belts (Alps, Himalaya, Betic Cordillera, Caledonides, Basin and Range) for 20 years. He has set up and taught field courses in a range of locations across the UK and Europe. His current research probes crystalline rocks in the Himalaya for clues to their evolution during the last 50 million years, as well as their origins more than a billion years back in time. He has set up and taught field courses in a range of locations across the UK and Europe. Dr David A. Rothery (Senior Lecturer, The Open University, Milton Keynes) is a volcanologist and planetary scientist. He has taught geology in the field for 30 years and has research experience of igneous rocks (including active volcanoes) in the Oman, Cyprus, Italy, the Andes, central America, NW USA, Hawaii and Western Australia. In addition to many research papers he has written several introductory books on geology, planets and the related hazards of volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Professor Robert A. Spicer (Professor of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes) is a palaeobotanist and sedimentologist with over 30 years field experience working in remote regions of Northern Alaska and northeastern Russia, China and Tibet, India, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. His current main research interests are focussed on how plant fossils may be used to interpret past climate change as a guide to the future, as well as the evolution of vegetation composition and structure in high latitude and high altitude environments that are most sensitive to climate change. He has co-authored several textbooks and more than a hundred popular articles and research papers.
