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Volume 84 | Issue 1
Article 7
1-6-2012
Walter Youngquist
University of Oregon
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ABSTRACT
Tools of the trade help a geologist in
the field to measure, describe, and record
data about rocks and their position and
spatial relationships. We explore some of
the trademark tools of a geologist and the
origin of each tool.
INTRODUCTION
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Lockes Hand
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Use of the
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Figure 8. Alidade.
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REFERENCES
Aber, J.S., 2008. GO 548 Field Stratigraphy.
http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/strata
/syllabus.htm
Brunton, D.W., 1888. Aspen Mountain
[Colorado]: Its ores and their mode of
occurrence.
Engineering and Mining
Journal, v. 46, p. 22-23, 42-45.
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