At the end of field exercise1 I will collect your field books and check them for usefulness.
Generally speaking, you do not get to return to a field site.
In some ways, your field book is the most important record of the course. To make your field book useful it should contain a record of each field activity that would allow a colleague who was not present to be able to:
Understand the geologic question being studied.
Understand why geophysical data might help you to understand the problem.
What types of subsurface models might the geophysical data be able to constrain, and their limitations within the context of your geologic question.
The geophysical method(s) used and the rationale behind their design (array parameters, profile length, etc.).
Directions to the precise location of the field site and exact details about the location/orientation of the geophysical surveys/profiles.
A sketch of the field site.
Observations about any noise sources that could affect the geophysical data.
Notes on geologic observations at the field site.
Your preliminary geologic model that the your geophysical data is designed against2.
Date, time, and who was present.
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