GEOLOGY 309 VOLCANOLOGY Winter
2004
TERM PAPER AND POSTER - guidelines
5 pages of 12
point-font text, double spaced. Figures, tables, and bibliography are not
considered to be part of the 5 pages, but are a required part of the
paper. Citations to references
must be included within the text (see below). You must divide your paper
into separate parts with different subheadings.
These subheadings would make up the skeleton of your outline. As a
guide, I have listed a good outline organization (with appropriate subheadings)
for your paper. Depending on which
volcanic center you are studying, you may add other pertinent sections.
1. Introduction
2. Background
Plate
tectonic setting
Geologic
history of the region
3.
Eruptive activity - past major eruptions, present activity. Include duration of eruptions, eruptive
style, repose times between eruptions, etc. Depending on your volcano type, you have lots of freedom in
this section. This section will
make up the bulk of your paper.
4. Present/future hazards and/or eruptive
expectations for the future
5. Conclusion
6.
Bibliography - Your paper and poster must have at least two journal or book references that you have
read yourself (not referenced on a web page). See http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html for how to cite a
web page.
7. Associated tables and figures - cite sources and include figure captions. You should include several figures and tables. A map that shows location relative to the rest of the world (and plate tectonic setting) and a more detailed map or photograph of the important features of the volcano is required.
1. Use of citations within the text
of your paper (do
NOT use footnotes)
Here
are some examples:
á Jones et al. (1995) suggest that future
eruptions of Arenal could be very destructive.
á Fifty thousand people were killed by
mudslides when El Chichon erupted in the middle of the night (Miller and
Thompson, 1992).
á Mt. St. Helens is considered the most
active of the Cascade volcanoes (Johnson et al., 1998)
á Mt. Rainier has the highest volume of
glacial ice of any Cascade volcano (CVO web page, 2000)
You
would use these citations every time you are paraphrasing, or getting
information from another source.
You can put them in at the beginning of a paragraph if the whole
paragraph is from the same source, or you can intersperse them between
sentences if the paragraph is from mixed sources. You would then refer to these citations in your
bibliography. Of course you know
that you can never use the exact wording of another source unless you have the
wording in quotations.
Be
very careful not to plagiarize. Acknowledge all sources of
information. When in doubt about
how to paraphrase information, ask me for suggestions. Use at least two journal or book
references that you have read yourself (not referenced on a web page).
Only
list in the bibliography those papers that are cited in the text (see
above). If they are not cited in
the text, there is no reason to reference them!
Use the style of the Geological Society
of America Bulletin for your Bibliography. Look at a recent issue for more examples:
Journal articles: Author, date, Title of article:
Journal, volume, pages.
Selverstone, J., Axen, G. J., and
Bartley, J. M., 1995, Fluid inclusion constraints on the kinematics of footwall
uplift beneath the Brenner Line normal fault, Eastern Alps: Tectonics, v. 14,
p. 264-278.
Books: Author, Date, Title of Book (edition): Place of
publication, Publisher, pages.
Drever, J. I., 1988, The geochemistry of
natural waters (second edition):
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 437 p.
Edited Books: Authors, date, Title of article, in Editors, Title of Edited Book,
pages.
Zim, J., Axel, R.S., 1989, Tectonic
setting of olistostromal units in the Talladega slate belt, Alabama
Appalachinas, in
Horton, J. W., and Rast, N., eds., Melanges and olisto-stromes of the
Appalachians: Geol. Society of
America Special Paper 228, p. 247-269
Geologic maps: Author, date, Map name: Place of publication,
Publisher, Scale.
Staikopoulos, G. and Efstratiades, G.,
1987, Geological map of Greece, Akhladhokhorion sheet: Athens, Institute of Geology and
Mineral Exploration, scale 1:50,000.
3.
Figures
Figures can be placed within the text or
at the end. They should be
referred to sequentially in the text. Examples:
"Figure 1
shows..."
or
"Gold is found in several locations (Fig. 1)"
You can put the figures themselves at the
end of the paper (after the bibliography); they do not need to be embedded
within the text. Give a caption
for each figure and acknowledge the source, using the same style as described in 1 above.
Grading of
paper - 75 points total
a. (10 points) completeness and quality of
outline
b. (10 points) overall adherence to
guidelines (you either get 0 or 10 points)
c. (10 points) overall grammar and clarity
of writing, writing style, organization
d. (5 points) content: tectonic setting and geologic history
e. (20 points) content: eruptive activity content
f. (5 points) content: hazards and future activity (only if
applicable)
g. (10 points) Quality of sources cited
(how much did you delve into the literature); citation of those sources within
the text
h. (5 points) Quality of figures and
tables.
Size Ð At
least 3Õ x 4Õ poster
board or cardboard. Stiff
corrugated material is preferred over flimsy, material. The folding kind that the bookstore
sells is the most preferable.
Display -
This poster should convey all the same information in your paper, but not by
pasting up your text pages. Be
creative! Your goal is to have a
visually pleasing display packed with easily digested information. Convey your information with the least
amount of text. Some text is
essential, but the best posters are ones that have a lot of figures and tables
that can be interpreted without reading long paragraphs.
a. Text - must include introduction
b.
Figures with figure captions.
MUST include location map and geologic or photographic map of the
volcanic feature you are discussing
c. Tables, graphs, etc.
d.
Bibliography is essential
HINT:
Remember the old saying that a figure is worth a thousand words. Use figures, tables, and illustrations
with figure captions to convey all the same points that you did in your paper
Grading
of poster (25 points total) -
a. (5 points) adherence to guidelines
(poster size, presence of bibliography, etc.) (0 or 5 points)
b.
(15 points) content, design & layout (use of figure captions,
appropriate mix of figures & text, quality of data presented)
c.
(5 points) clarity and quality of illustrations, captions, and tables
(i.e., can someone walk up to your poster, look at it, and learn all the
important points with no verbal communication)
I have had a lot
of trouble in this course having people understand what plagiarism is. You must always cite the source of any
information in your text or your poster, even if it means having a citation
after every sentence. This
includes downloading images off the internet. Here are some definitions:
Plagiarism
is the uncited use of material that comes from another individual or
organization's work.
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If you use
a figure from a web page, and don't cite the source of that figure in your
bibliography, you are plagiarizing.
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If you use
information from a paragraph or even a sentence from another source such as a
web page or a journal, and do not cite it, you are plagiarizing.
PLAGIARISM IS
GROUNDS FOR FAILURE OF THIS COURSE, AND, IN EXTREME CASES, EXPULSION FROM THE
UNIVERSITY