Now it is time to make a geologic map of Painted Canyon. Since you cannot hike around in Painted Canyon, you will have to use the images taken by the reconnaissance team instead.
Begin by watching this short movie about how to construct a geologic map. Note that you will need to use all the perspectives below to map the designated area of Painted Canyon, as shown on the worksheet, NOT just the small area shown and mapped in the movie. The movie will take a short while to load.
Movie Showing How to Map Painted Canyon (with closed captioning via MediaAMP)
Movie Showing How to Map Painted Canyon (without closed captioning)
Click on the thumbnail images below to examine larger images, which show 3D perspectives of Painted Canyon. Complete the exercise as described in your lab manual. Then, complete Assessment 7B on Canvas.
Especially useful in starting your geologic map will be the first three images below, which label key places to help you begin drawing the boundaries (contacts) between different rock units.
Geologic Map Hint 1:
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Geologic Map Hint 2:
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Geologic Map Hint 3:
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Next, view the overviews and panoramas to extend your contacts away from the key places. You will need to draw contacts and color in the geology for the entire unlined area on the worksheet.
Overviews of Painted Canyon
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Overview, looking north.
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Overview, looking west.
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Overview, looking south.
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Overview of southern part
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Looking down and northeast,
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Looking west at an artificially
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Panoramas of Painted Canyon: The links below will take you to panoramas, which are provided in two formats, allowing you to use whichever format works best on your device. QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) panoramas: These require QuickTime (work best with QuickTime 7) and allow you to pivot and look in any direction (360ยบ and up or down) by clicking the mouse while dragging the cursor in the direction to which you want to turn. Northern part of canyon, high vantage Northern part of canyon, low vantage Deep within central part of canyon Canyon overview with smoothed look
MP4 Movies: These movies should play on any device, including tablets, and are higher resolution than the QTVR files, but the files are larger (7-10 Mb). The movies start with a view to the north and rotate clockwise in 2-degree increments, allowing you to stop the movie in any direction.
(in this last movie, some frames toward the south contained little useful information, so were deleted) |
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Finally, after you've looked at the images and panoramas above, be sure to view the aerial image below.
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