CORCORAN AND ROGERS SCHOOLS OF GENERAL AND ECONOMIC
GEOLOGY.
Adjunct Professor Cline.
Professor Watson.
Associate Professor Grasty.
For Undergraduates.
Geology B1: General Geology.—Fundamental principles of Geology,
including a general discussion of Dynamical, Structural, Physiographical,
and Historical Geology, with practical work in the laboratory and excursions
in the field. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 9-10. Laboratory: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3-5. Brooks
Museum. Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology B2: Engineering Geology.—Special course for students in
Engineering. Detailed treatment of Dynamical, Structural and Physiographical
Geology, and of their practical application to Engineering Work.
Especial emphasis is given the rock-forming minerals, and rocks, building-stone,
and ores. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.) Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, 12-1. Laboratory: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 10-12.
Brooks Museum. Professor Watson, Adjunct Professor Cline.
Geology B3: Mineralogy.—This course is for beginners, and it serves
both as a general course in the subject, and as an introduction to more
advanced work. Especial attention is given to Crystallography, Physical
and Chemical Mineralogy, and Descriptive Mineralogy. The second portion
of the course will be devoted to Descriptive Mineralogy, including a study
of the classification, properties, modes of formation, association and occurrence,
and uses of minerals. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Grasty.
Term Course: Determinative Mineralogy.—A practical study of mineral
species by means of blow-pipe analysis with the object of gaining
familiarity with the common minerals and facility in their identification.
Six hours' laboratory work per week, second term. A laboratory fee of $3
is required. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 1 session-hour of electives-at-large.)
Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum. Adjunct Professor Cline.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Geology C1: Petrology: Geology B3, or its equivalent, prerequisite.—
This course aims to give a thorough knowledge of the determination of
minerals and rocks in thin sections under the microscope. It includes:
(a) Physical Crystallography.—A full discussion of optical and microscopical
mineralogy, with especial reference to the behavior of minerals
as constituents of rock masses.
(b) Petrography.—A discussion of the microscopic structure, mineralogical
composition, genetic relations, and distribution of igneous, sedimentary,
and metamorphic rocks. The laboratory work enables the
student to become familiar with the various groups of rocks by means
of the polarizing microscope.
Lectures and laboratory work to the amount of 19 hours a week
throughout the year. Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson, Adjunct Professor Cline.
Geology C2: Geology of Ore Deposits: Geology B1, or its equivalent,
prerequisite, and Geology C1 in addition recommended.—A general but comprehensive
account of the origin, nature, distribution, and uses of the metallic
products, with especial reference to those of the United States. Lectures,
collateral reading, laboratory and field work, to the amount of twelve hours
per week throughout the year. Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum.
Professor Watson. Omitted in 1916-1917.
Geology C3: Geology of the Nonmetallic Minerals: Geology B1, or
its equivalent, prerequisite, and Geology C1 in addition recommended.—A comprehensive
account of the origin, nature, distribution, and uses of the nonmetallic
products, with especial reference to those of the United States.
Lectures, collateral reading, laboratory and field work, to the amount of
twelve hours per week throughout the year. Hours by appointment.
Professor Watson.
As outlined, Geology C2 and C3 make up the subject of General Economic
Geology. The two courses are planned to be given in alternate
years.
Geology C4: Geological Field Methods: Geology B1, or its equivalent,
prerequisite, and Geology C1 in addition recommended.—Special course
for students in geology and engineering, designed to familiarize the student
with the methods employed and the instruments used in making topographic
and geologic maps. The structural relationships of rocks and the proper
cartographic representation of these occurrences in nature are especially
emphasized. Lectures and field work. Hours by appointment. Brooks
Museum. Associate Professor Grasty, Adjunct Professor Cline.
Geology C5: Structural Geology: Geology B1, or B2, and Geology B3,
or their equivalent, prerequisite, and Geology C2, and C4, in addition recommended.—A
discussion of the causes, manifestations, and recognition of the
evidence of various types of earth movements, and of the relation of topography
to structure. The more important mountainous regions of this and
other countries are treated with reference to age, lithologic succession,
and characteristics of their rocks and structures. The economic effects of
folding in general are also considered. Special emphasis is given to the
regional and structural geology of the Atlantic States. Lectures, collateral
reading, preparation of papers, laboratory and field work to the amount of
twelve lecture hours per week throughout the year. Hours by appointment.
Brooks Museum. Associate Professor Grasty.
For Graduates.
Geology D1: Advanced Geology: Geology B1 and B3 prerequisite.—
A thorough treatment of the broader problems of the science, involving the
knowledge of stratigraphical principles, as a preparation for independent
research. Especial attention will be given to imparting a practical knowledge
of the various rocks, and of the animal and plant fossils of the different
eras, with a view to using them in determining unknown formations.
Stress will be laid upon field work, and the methods of determining and
describing the geology of new regions. To impart such knowledge the
student will be required to work up some particular region or formation,
and report his results. Topics involving a knowledge of the literature and
growth of opinion in relation to particular questions may be assigned to
form the subject of theses. Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson, Associate Professor
Grasty.
Geology D2: Advanced Mineralogy and Petrography: Geology C2
and C3 or their equivalent, prerequisite.—Adapted to the needs of the
individual student. Properly qualified students may pursue work directed
along the line of crystallography (crystal measurements and drawings, and
crystal optics), chemical mineralogy (mineral or rock analysis), or petrographic
research. Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson, Associate Professor Grasty.
Geology D3: Advanced Economic Geology: Geology C2 and C3, or
the equivalent, prerequisite.—Special topics in mining geology for advanced
students, selected according to the needs of the individual student. Lectures,
laboratory and field work, reading, reports and theses. Hours by appointment.
Brooks Museum. Professor Watson, Associate Professor
Grasty.
Geology D4: Economic Geology of the Southern Appalachians:
Geology C2 and C3, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Detailed study of the
mining geology of the region, especially that of Virginia. Excursions to
various parts of the region will be taken and individual reports required.
Original investigation of an assigned area, based upon field work, is required
of each student. Hours by appointment. Brooks Museum. Professor
Watson.
Geological Seminary.—Review and discussion of the more important
current geological literature, and the preparation of papers on special subjects
based on field and library investigations. All instructors and advanced
students in geology are expected to take part in the discussions at
these meetings. Time to be arranged.
The Lewis Brooks Museum contains collections illustrating the main
subdivisions of Natural History. Each of the collections is arranged so
as to exemplify the principles of the science, and at the same time offers
a large variety of subjects for advanced study. In Geology the specimens
show all the different kinds of rocks, classified according to mineral character
and the formation in which they occur; the collection of fossils,
plaster casts, maps, etc., is exceptionally fine, and fully illustrates Historical
Geology. In Mineralogy the principles of the science are made
plain by well-chosen suits of specimens, models of crystals, etc. The general
collection of minerals contains all the important species, and many
of the rarer ones, in good specimens. In addition to the above, a beginning
has been made of a collection to illustrate the geology and mineralogy
of the State of Virginia, and this is being increased as rapidly as possible.
