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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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