Incluye índice: páginas 385-398.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas al final de cada capítulo.

Contenido: 1. Philosophy and organization of a field study -- 2. Basic equipment and its use -- 3. Basic procedures at outcrops -- 4. Identifying rocks in the field -- 5. Mapping rock units and structures -- 6. Geologic mapping on a topographic base -- 7. Use of aerial photographs and other remote imagery -- 8. Mapping with the plane table and alldade -- 9. Primary features of marine sedimentary rocks -- 10. Sufricial sediments; continental environments -- 11. Stratigraphic sections -- 12. Features of deformed rocks -- 13. Volcanic structures and field relations -- 14. Field studies of plutons -- 15. Field studies of metamorphic rocks -- 16. Preparing illustrations and writing reports.