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Tips for report writing (modified from D'Allura, 2000): 1. Keep number of words at minimum but make sure your descriptions are clear. 2. Use sufficient amount of explanatory material in your descriptions. 3. Try reading previous works to see how geologists write their reports. Use appropriate style and punctuation. 4. Refer to a dictionary or spell checker to correct grammar and style. You will be graded both on your writing and mapping. Communicating ideas in visual and written form is a basic skill geologists should develop early on. 5. Consistently save you work and keep a backup. Maximize the use of your e-mail, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. When ready for printing, save your document in .pdf file so your paper's layout won't be modified if ever the printing facility uses a word processor different from your own. • TITLE PAGE (see files for template) • INTRODUCTION 1-2 paragraphs to include: >LOCATION: include a location map, brief description on how to get to your study area, what the lands is used for, geomorphic features, climate, vegetation. > PURPOSE: enumerate the objective of your work in that area, the expected outputs of your fieldwork > PREVIOUS WORK: mention other geologic works previously done in your area, cite your sources accordingly • METHODOLOGY: include amount of time spent in the field, kind and scale of base map used, rock classification used • REGIONAL GEOLOGY: describe stratigraphic group (Pena, 2008) that includes your study area, mention the general ages of the rock in the area, include a regional geologic map • LOCAL GEOLOGY: > For general geologic reports (Geology 170) this section describes the rock units per formations. For this report, start with an introductory paragraph to describe the location of your traverse and the formation that includes your outcrops, then describe per outcrop. > Include outcrop and sample pictures with annotation(scale, structures, rock ID) and caption. Annotating and cropping of photos can be easily done in most recent versions of word processors. To make sure your annotations aren’t displaced when editing the text, select them with your photo and group them together so the processor would move them as one. Make sure your photos aren't distorted. Lock the "aspect ratio" of the image or press shift when dragging the nodes of the image to enlarge/minimize them. > Describe from large scale features to smaller ones (location> outcrop> structures and samples). When you mention beds, fault, fold, and joints, include their orientation (strike and dip). For sedimentary rocks include distinguishing features of the rock, type of bedding, sedimentary structures, color, textures, mineralogy and the variation of component (if applicable), character of clasts (roundness, sorting, sphericity), matrix and cement. • SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION: summarize the lithology and structure of rocks in your area. Present a chronology of tectonic events and environmental conditions that would lead to the present configuration of these rocks (recall sequencing of events in Geology 11 and 11.1 based on Steno's laws, etc). Cite references accordingly. • REFERENCES: follow the format of geology journals • APPENDIX >Traverse map (group): make sure there is a clear title, a north arrow, a bar scale, and legend. Plot the rivers, roads, contours, stations/waypoints, outcrops (lithology and structures) >Stratigraphic log: you can use SedLog for this. Don't forget the scale and legend.

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