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Complete Lab Manual
The complete lab manual can be downloaded from the home page as a Print PDF. Print copies of the complete manual with duplex printing, a plastic cover and spiral binding can be ordered by emailing the Print PDF to the MRU Digital Print Centre (print@mtroyal.ca).
Lab Exercises To Print
You must print a copy of this file, containing the lab exercises and reference tables outlined below, before the first week of labs. Print copies of the lab exercises only, with duplex printing, a plastic cover and spiral binding, can be ordered by emailing the Lab Exercises to Print PDF to the MRU Digital Print Centre (print@mtroyal.ca).
- Google Earth Tutorial
- Lab 1 Plate Tectonics Exercises and Plate Tectonics Map
- Lab 2 Mineral Properties and Non-Silicate Minerals Exercises
- Lab 3 Silicate Minerals Exercises
- Lab 4 Igneous Rocks Exercises
- Lab 5 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks Exercises
- Lab 6 Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle Exercises
- Lab 7 Relative Dating and Geological Time Exercises
- Lab 8 Mapping Fluvial Landscapes Exercises
- Lab 9 Structural Geology Part I Exercises
- Lab 10 Structural Geology Part II Exercises
- Mineral Identification Tables
- Rock Classification Tables
- Appendix 5 Block Models
Complete Chapters to Download
These files include the background information and lab exercises for each chapter, should you wish to download or print the background reading for only certain chapters.
- Lab 1 – Plate Tectonics
- Lab 2 – Mineral Properties and Non-silicate Minerals
- Lab 3 – Silicate Minerals
- Lab 4 – Igneous Rocks
- Lab 5 – Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
- Lab 6 – Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle
- Lab 7 – Relative Dating and Geological Time
- Lab 8 – Mapping Fluvial Landscapes
- Lab 9 – Structural Geology Part I and Take-home Mapping Assignment
- Lab 10 – Structural Geology Part II
