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UH Rocks!
A Virtual Field Trip of UH Campus Building Stones
Physical Geology - Fall 2023
Dr Capuano’s class instructions:
Due: October 31 at 11:59pm (not late assignments accepted.
Points: up to 3 points added to Exam 3 (see instructions below)
How to turn in: Create a pdf, then turn it in to the Class Canvas. No credit if turned in any other way or if
not
a pdf file.
Name:
Burhanuddin Lanewala
myUH ID number:
2089075
Academic Honesty (Acknowledgement Required)
The UH Rocks! virtual field trip is to be completed by yourself
; you should not work with a partner or
group. Do not search for answers on the internet because 1) it is cheating, 2) answers that are posted are
incorrect, and 3) many of the questions change every semester. It is a violation of UH Academic Honesty
Policy to upload any of this material to sites such as Chegg and CourseHero. If you are unfamiliar with a
word or geologic concept, it is okay to look it up online to find the correct spelling and definition. If you
find yourself needing help, go to the
Geoscience Learning Center
.
By submitting this work, I,
Burhanuddin Lanewala
attest that I have not violated the UH
Academic Honesty code. I completed this assignment by myself and did not copy any portion of
my answers from another student, a website, or any other source.
Instructions
The buildings, boulders, and sculptures on the University of Houston campus use a number of geologic
materials. This tour takes you to many stops on campus to learn about them. At each stop you will need
to read about the rocks, look at images, and answer questions.
Each location has a short description of the stone and several photos. In spring 2023, we added some 3D
montages using photos and LiDAR imaging. Be sure that you click on both the photos and link to the 3D
images to see the details of the building stones. The process of combining creating these 3D images isn’t
perfect; so, some of the 3D images have gaps and irregular edges.
Accessing the Trip
This virtual field trip has been built in Google Earth.
Click here to access the trip
. The first page that
comes up is a summary of building stones. Use the menu on the bottom left to move between stops. At
each location a box will appear on the right side of the screen with information about each stop and
images. Click on the images to make them larger.
Written Answers
All answers should be written in complete sentences and typed in the supplied boxes. Your responses
will appear in a green-colored font, do not change this. Any answers not written in complete sentences
will be marked as incorrect and will not receive credit.
Each of the 12 stops has several questions, but you only need to answer one question for each stop
(except Stop 1 you must answer 5 questions, and Stop 2 you must answer 3 questions), for a total of 18
questions. You can choose which of the available questions you want to answer.
Assignment Submission
Save your completed PDF assignment as “yourlastname_firstname_VFTCampusTour”.
Submit your pdf to
Dr. Capuano’s class Canvas page at the link provided for the Virtual Field Trip Assignment.
You will not
get confirmation that it has been received. If you turn it in any other way, for example if you follow the
instructions at the GLC web page, you will not receive credit for the assignment.
Teaching Assistants (TAs) will begin grading submissions after the deadline. You will receive an email
from a TA when your assignment is graded. If your assignment requires resubmission, you will have 48
hours (2 days) to do so.
Introduction Slide
Be sure to read the introduction to the Google Earth trip, it contains important information that can help
you answer some questions. Access the trip
here
.
Stop 1 SR1 Lobby (Answer five of these questions for Stop 1)
Fake Rock (look at 3D image to find this)
1.
Why did UH use this fake rock?
Sedimentary Rock
2.
Why is this rock red colored?
It is travertine which is a chemical sedimentary rock composed of argonite and calcite. Iron and
organic impurities can alter its color to a range of spectrum from yellow, grey brown and red.
3.
Would you use this as a building stone? Explain why or why not.
Yes, because its use has proven to be successful. The romans used sedimentary rocks to build the
roman colosseum which still stands, with some weathering.
Igneous Rock
4.
What is the equivalent volcanic (extrusive) rock?
Gabro is a dark plutonic intrusive rock, and they have no preferred mineral orientations. It can be
described as having an equigranular texture.
5.
What was cooling rate for this rock? How can you tell?
Metamorphic Rock
6.
When do you think the fractures formed: before, during or after metamorphism to marble?
After the metamorphism of marble. As the fractures are later filled with calcite.
7.
Is marble a good building stone?
Where else do you think it would be good to use marble in a
building?
In my opinion marble is not a good building stone as it weathers easily if there is any acid rain.
Marble would be great to use in decorative art designs and counter tops.
Stop 2 SR1 Mineral Cases (Answer three of these five questions)
This summer, the mineral cases were updated. The changes are mostly cosmetic except we are about to
add some UV fluorescent minerals to a case on the second floor.
1.
After seeing the movie, have you visited the mineral displays? If not, what should we do to make
these more cases interesting?
I haven’t gotten the chance to visit any of the displays yet, but after looking at the video I think
adding more light and a tv to describe some of the minerals would help new student understand
what they are looking at.
2.
How did the prehnite form?
It formed when the Atlantic opened up and made new ocean floor. Hot water came and circulated,
forming prehnite and other minerals.
3.
Why did salt originally from prehenite?
4.
What kind of rock are the dinosaur footprints preserved in?
Sedimentary rocks
5.
In what class offered by the EAS department would you learn about minerals?
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Stop 4 SR1 Rock Garden (Using the 3D image, answer one of these three
questions)
1.
There are >5 igneous rocks here. List these numbers.
Calcite, Barite, Coquina, Granite, Llanite
2.
There are >5 sedimentary rocks here. List these numbers.
3.
List the numbers for 3 minerals.
Stop 5 Fleming Ledge (Answer one of these three questions)
4.
How old is this granite?
1 Billion years old
5.
Is this an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
6.
What is the name for the black regions in this ledge? Did they form before or after the granite?
Stop 8 Cullen Hall Lobby (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
Why does the marble occur as broken into angular pieces?
They are associated with collapse and karst formation
2.
There are several types of relative dating? Which technique is used to determine relative age in
this marble?
3.
Describe the differences and similarities between the marbles here and in the 9/11 Memorial at
Stop 16.
Stop 10 Student Service Center Ceiling (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
Stalactite is made of one mineral.
What is it?
Calcite
2.
How would determine how fast these are growing?
3.
Why are these forming on this ceiling?
Stop 11 Student Service Center Ledge (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
Although the minerals in slate are too small to be seen without a microscope, what platy
minerals do you think are present?
Micas and Chlorite
2.
Do you think this formed deep in the Earth? Why?
3.
At higher metamorphic grades, slate transforms into
then
and finally
. (Fill-in,
complete sentence not required)
Stop 13 Statue of Four Lies (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
Watch a
Youtube video
by the two artists as they describe some of their thoughts about this
statue.
What would you do to dress up this sculpture?
2.
How many buildings on campus have you seen with this building stone? List them.
3.
What type of depositional environment does this limestone represent? What were the water
conditions (i.e., temperature, depth, oxygen abundance, etc.) within which these ancient shelly
organisms thrived?
Water conditions were warm water, shallow water depth and optimum nutrient supply.
Stop 14 Cullen Auditorium Lobby (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
What type of metamorphism forms serpentinite? Burial (pressure increase), Hydrothermal (hot
water), Impact (pressure and temperature increase due to collision with a meteorite), Regional
(both pressure and temperature increase during convergence) or Contact (temperature increase
when an igneous intrusion cools)?
Contact
2.
Have you ever been to a performance in Cullen Auditorium? If so, describe your experience. Did
you notice the rock when you came here before?
3.
Why is this called serpentinite?
It consist of a green mineral called serpentine that forms during metamorphism of ultra mafic
rock.
Stop 17 Cornerstone Melcher Hall (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
How is cross-stratification produced?
Shows current direction throughout the rock
2.
What kind of marine environment can produce different directions of cross-stratifications?
3.
What are oolites?
Stop 19 Boulder at Library Loading Dock (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
Describe the gneiss? Use full sentences.
It is the two types of rock that cross cut eachother
2.
What is the tectonic setting for the gneiss and felsic dike?
3.
During the 200 million years between metamorphism and intrusion of the dike, what happened
to gneiss?
Stop 21 Benches at School of Architecture (Answer one of these three questions)
1.
You have seen a several igneous rocks on this trip. Which other stop had a similar rock. Note, the
similarities between these. For example, compare size of the minerals between these two.
Or
are they the same color?
SR1 Rock Garden they aren’t the same color and size.
2.
Have you tried sitting on these artistic benches? If so, describe your reaction to this stone.
3.
Do you have a favorite song or art work that is similar to this stone bench? Why?
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