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Geological Fieldwork Equipment

tutor: Mike Horne FGS

for the Centre for Life Long Learning

List* of equipment to take on fieldwork

1 - Personal safety

The right clothing for the weather conditions - waterproofs, warm clothing or sun block.
The right foot where for the terrain you will be working in.- Wellington boots for muddy areas, walking boots for rough ground or trainers for slippery rocks. You may be required to have steel toecaps when entering private quarries.
safety glasses
Gloves
Food and drink
Hard hat - essential for quarries, building sites, waste disposal sites and cliffs
Hi-Vis waistcoat - may be required for quarries, building sites or waste disposal sites.
First aid kit or emergency kit. Some plastic sacks to keep yourself dry and a whistle to attract other people's attention. Penknife.
Mobile 'phone

2 - Geological equipment for general fieldwork

A notebook
A pencil (you can write in the rain using a pencil)
A large clear plastic bag (you can put your notebook and pencil inside the plastic bag and keep on writing when the weather turns bad)
Hand lens or magnifying glass
A geological hammer and safety glasses
Some chisels
A trowel
Sample bags and some newspaper to wrap specimens in
Camera
compass and clinometer
Maps so you know where you're going
small bottle of dilute acid for testing limestones
A large rucksack to put all this stuff in

additional equipment for specialised tasks -

3 - Equipment for logging-

4 - Equipment for 2 D logging-

5 - Equipment for mapping-

*list not necessarily comprehensive!