{"id":309,"date":"2021-01-20T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=309"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:45:01","slug":"exercise-3-1-identifying-unconformities","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/chapter\/exercise-3-1-identifying-unconformities\/","title":{"raw":"Exercise 3.1. Identifying Unconformities","rendered":"Exercise 3.1. Identifying Unconformities"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>What To Do<\/h1>\r\nDownload the printer-friendly worksheets in the format of your choice (<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/part\/lab-3-relative-geological-time-interpreting-stratigraphic-logs\/\">available at the beginning of Lab 3<\/a>).\r\n\r\nIn Figure 3.2, an unconformity surface has been marked with a dark wiggly line. The specific type of unconformity is different depending on where along the wiggly line you look. Find examples of the three types of unconformities in Figure 3.2 and draw them in the labelled boxes. Include the rock textures (patterns) as they appear in the geological cross-section.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Still not sure what to do?<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nImagine Figure 3.2 is an outcrop that you spot while doing fieldwork, and you want to take photos focusing on excellent examples of each of the three types unconformities. What parts of the cross-section would the photos include to best capture the essential characteristics of each type of unconformity?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_312\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"926\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-312\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"473\" \/> <strong>Figure 3.2 |<\/strong> Geologic cross-section.[\/caption]","rendered":"<h1>What To Do<\/h1>\n<p>Download the printer-friendly worksheets in the format of your choice (<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/part\/lab-3-relative-geological-time-interpreting-stratigraphic-logs\/\">available at the beginning of Lab 3<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In Figure 3.2, an unconformity surface has been marked with a dark wiggly line. The specific type of unconformity is different depending on where along the wiggly line you look. Find examples of the three types of unconformities in Figure 3.2 and draw them in the labelled boxes. Include the rock textures (patterns) as they appear in the geological cross-section.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p><em><strong>Still not sure what to do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Imagine Figure 3.2 is an outcrop that you spot while doing fieldwork, and you want to take photos focusing on excellent examples of each of the three types unconformities. What parts of the cross-section would the photos include to best capture the essential characteristics of each type of unconformity?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312\" style=\"width: 926px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2.png 926w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2-65x33.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2-225x115.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1224\/2021\/01\/F3-2-350x179.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 3.2 |<\/strong> Geologic cross-section.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-309","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":161,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/309\/revisions\/313"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/161"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/309\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/earthhistorylab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}