tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post6065527627078459896..comments2024-01-19T08:08:23.595-08:00Comments on All of My Faults Are Stress-Related: I love mapsKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-27115258157361259962008-03-05T19:50:00.000-08:002008-03-05T19:50:00.000-08:00Hi, Joe! Great to hear from you. And that trip thr...Hi, Joe! Great to hear from you. And that trip through the Tusas was the best nose-to-outcrop time I had had in the Southwest until that time. I wish I could have gone on the official field trip.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-20302074446601626762008-03-05T09:00:00.000-08:002008-03-05T09:00:00.000-08:00Hey Kim,I feel the same way! Black and white geol...Hey Kim,<BR/><BR/>I feel the same way! Black and white geologic maps are incredibly hard to read. I map now for a living, and still draft all of my maps by hand before digitizing them-- not too fond of the PDA / tablet PC in the field thing... they lack the simple elegance and tactile pleasure of using a colored pencil (plus they're expensive, not that weatherproof for New England, and you can't see the whole map at once...)<BR/><BR/>In any case... great blog! It's a good read, and I'm glad to see you're still having a blast since I dragged you all over the Tusas looking for shortened pebbles all those years ago...Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09538390129814411128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-44120200283701167722008-03-02T15:33:00.000-08:002008-03-02T15:33:00.000-08:00Rotate 90 degrees to the left, and you have a fat ...Rotate 90 degrees to the left, and you have a fat seahorse.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-70926783812850379862008-03-02T10:42:00.000-08:002008-03-02T10:42:00.000-08:00Elli - I made up a metamorphic petrology lab that ...Elli - I made up a metamorphic petrology lab that involved looking at the Victory pluton thin sections, and putting the info on a map. My colleague who teaches optical mineralogy uses it sometimes here.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-75565728176116882992008-03-02T09:12:00.000-08:002008-03-02T09:12:00.000-08:00One of the things I love about how Tom Foster orga...One of the things I love about how Tom Foster organizes the Petrology labs at UIowa is that the students are given a pile of numbered rocks, told to name them, and then place them on a "created" map where the outcrops are numbered. The students then have to draw contacts and come up with a geological history of the area that fits. Iowa may be flat and not that exciting for ig / met pet, but this is a great way to get the students thinking about spatial relationships through an entirely indoor based lab--and they have to color all of the maps :)Ellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18333469410211681553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-54459522223120226082008-03-02T00:17:00.000-08:002008-03-02T00:17:00.000-08:00I like the way you talk about maps. I also like th...I like the way you talk about maps. I also like the colouring part of working with maps, but I don't do it very much. I've never thought about colouring maps from journal articles. <BR/>My department with a more research oriented focus recently merged the regional geology mapping department (we're at a geological survey). The potential for integrated mapping and modern research topics seems endless, and it's been quite a surprise for me to realize how little use we made of that connection previously.saxifragahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350662136988602572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-30064968700871937062008-03-01T14:49:00.000-08:002008-03-01T14:49:00.000-08:00Silver Fox - I love hand-drawn maps, too. Some of ...Silver Fox - I love hand-drawn maps, too. Some of them are really beautiful. (I, unfortunately, am a product of the almost-computer age, and I never learned to draft everything by hand. My PhD maps were all inked by hand, but all the lettering was done on a computer, printed on clear sticky paper, and stuck on by hand. I think it would have been more elegant if I had done it entirely by hand...)<BR/><BR/>John - That's funny. The other map I've been simplifying is the work of one of Karl's recent grad students. (And your comment reminded me that I hadn't credited him yet on the slide. I've fixed that now, though.)<BR/><BR/>Geotripper - after I learned to color other people's maps, I found it much easier to recognize mistakes. Or realize that units were missing, or that the structure couldn't possibly make sense as mapped.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-89141075264516486752008-03-01T13:06:00.000-08:002008-03-01T13:06:00.000-08:00One of my most remarkable experiences as a science...One of my most remarkable experiences as a science journalist was a day spent wandering through a section in the Tusas Mountains of Norther New Mexico watching Karl Karlstrom make a map. It was amazing to see the way the act of making the map helped him come to understand the rocksJohn Fleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945772782727225745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-48147939079007261142008-03-01T06:05:00.000-08:002008-03-01T06:05:00.000-08:00It's beautiful, and I love how maybe only one cont...It's beautiful, and I love how maybe only one contact isn't a shear zone. And I still prefer the look and feel of hand-drawn maps - what century does that put me in? (Or what decade?)Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-10712296838903624452008-03-01T05:27:00.000-08:002008-03-01T05:27:00.000-08:00I've been thinking about how purple it is, and thi...I've been thinking about how purple it is, and thinking that maybe I should make the Precambrian metaconglomerates and quartzites brown instead of grey.<BR/><BR/>I think maybe I was just hungry. MMmmmmm, blueberries.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-17473693505893875152008-02-29T22:44:00.000-08:002008-02-29T22:44:00.000-08:00Much better!It evokes memories of the bedrock geol...Much better!<BR/><BR/>It evokes memories of the bedrock geologic map of Mount Desert Island - crossed with Barney, the purple dinosaur or a blueberry pie.<BR/><BR/>Mmmmm, blueberries...Ron Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020094512548523216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-11427880242025219652008-02-29T22:37:00.000-08:002008-02-29T22:37:00.000-08:00Well, that's great! I thought I was the only one w...Well, that's great! I thought I was the only one who felt a need to color in geological maps. I hated trying to interpret the inked lines, and I used up a lot of colored pencils when preparing assignments and theses. Thanks for the note!Garry Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-64146426615187892772008-02-29T21:33:00.000-08:002008-02-29T21:33:00.000-08:00Ok, fine... done. :D(Blogging is a break from draf...Ok, fine... done. :D<BR/><BR/>(Blogging is a break from drafting, you know!)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-89089668975815048072008-02-29T20:37:00.000-08:002008-02-29T20:37:00.000-08:00I'm yearning for a visual! Don't be such a tease!...I'm yearning for a visual! Don't be such a tease! ;-)Ron Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020094512548523216noreply@blogger.com