Pretty bad ass.....
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
1st day of grad classes
Sooo, I went to my first class yesterday and I had a mineralogy quiz about 15 minutes in. Now, the professor didn't take it up for a grade, but still. I am now looking at a list of about 250 minerals that I probably need to memorize. I also have to write a mini-thesis on a petrological description of a thin section. That is all geology-speak for describing the characteristics of a rock sample in great detail. Oh, and I also get to learn how to use the microprobe. All of that is just for my Geochemical Analysis class.
Tectonics is going to end up being very cool, I think. It seems like it will be really laid back and we will spend most of our time just sitting around and discussing the "big picture" aspects of geology. I am pretty excited about that, and I believe we are going to be taking quite a few field trips. Field trips are arguably the best part of studying geology. Anyways, I think I have a paper to write in Tectonics as well, but I get to pick the topic.
I have also pretty much decided I will be doing a mapping project down in the inner piedmont in Georgia next spring. Honestly, I have a hell of a lot to learn about metamorphic rocks. It is going to be an extremely challenging project due to the polydeformed rocks, and the location. There isn't much relief in my field area, and it also happens to be in the SE United States. Outcrops are going to be few and far between.
Well, I am going to cut this one short. I have to go over to the rock room and bust up some big samples so we can make rock/mineral kits for the undergraduates. Yeehaw!
Tectonics is going to end up being very cool, I think. It seems like it will be really laid back and we will spend most of our time just sitting around and discussing the "big picture" aspects of geology. I am pretty excited about that, and I believe we are going to be taking quite a few field trips. Field trips are arguably the best part of studying geology. Anyways, I think I have a paper to write in Tectonics as well, but I get to pick the topic.
I have also pretty much decided I will be doing a mapping project down in the inner piedmont in Georgia next spring. Honestly, I have a hell of a lot to learn about metamorphic rocks. It is going to be an extremely challenging project due to the polydeformed rocks, and the location. There isn't much relief in my field area, and it also happens to be in the SE United States. Outcrops are going to be few and far between.
Well, I am going to cut this one short. I have to go over to the rock room and bust up some big samples so we can make rock/mineral kits for the undergraduates. Yeehaw!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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