SELF TESTS
Field Trip Numbers One and Two
Geology 364 - Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis
Dept. of Geology and Environmental Studies,    James Madison University    Lynn S. Fichter
     It is not just enough that you know the formations we visited, you also need to be able to organize that knowledge. The questions below are strategies to help you organize and understand the geological importance of each outcrop.
                  Field Trip #1 Home Page                 Field Trip #2 Home Page
                  Stratigraphic Column                       Index Map
HOW MANY, AND WHICH FORMATIONS, HAVE OR ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING?
   Red in color?    Check
   Quartz Arenite?     Check
   Bouma Sequences?    Check
   Hummocky sequences?    Check
   Point bar sequences?    Check
   L-bars/T-bars?    Check
   Tidal features?    Check
   Anoxic (deep?) evidence?    Check

   And which are uniquely different for some reason?    Check
     OK, here is a challenge. All the formations we saw are listed below in alphabetical order. Arrange them in stratigraphic order, and tell their story.

Antietam
Beekmantown
Brallier
Conocheague
Edinburg
Hampshire
Juniata
Keefer
Lincolnshire
Mahantango
 Martinsburg
Massanutten
Needmore
New Market
Oswego
Reedsville
Rose Hill
Tonoloway
Tuscarora
Weverton
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE FORMATIONS
   The formations in each field trip home page are arranged in the order we saw them (Trip 1; Trip 2). Rearrange them in stratigraphic order.
   Identify the age of each fomation
   Identify the tectonic regime, or stage in geologic evolution, each formation was deposited in.
   Describe the basic lithology.
   Describe any characteristic or diagnostic sedimentary structures or sequences
   Give Environmental Interpreataion for each formation, and why.
   
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And now a greater challenge. Take the list of formations in their stratigraphic order (see strat column) and reconstruct a geologic history based on the evidence in them.
   Try doing this on your own, just sitting down with the formation list.
   Sit down with several class mates and talk the entire history through, formations, lithofacies, color, composition, environments, tectonics, etc.

    OR, try the exercise to the left, an even greater challenge.