Lab1: Measuring Planes, Lines And Bearing With A Compass

I. Selected Internet Resources

• Dr. Helper's Introduction to the Brunton Compass
   
• Steven Schimmrich's way cool Compass Tutorial
   
• Setting the declination on a compass, and general implications of declination for navigation by compass are nicely explained at a Natural Resources Canada page. A declination calculator is also there as is a very nice explanation.

• See a global map of magnetic declination and track the magnetic north pole through time.

• U. of Calgary slides on Measuring Strike and Dip from Outcrop.

• The Brunton Company

II. Lab Materials

    PDF version of Lab 1

     Geologic time scale and template for quiz