Virtual field trip to the Esla Nappe (Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain): delivering traditional geological mapping skills remotely using real data

de Paz-Álvarez, Manuel I.; Blenkinsop, Thomas G.; Buchs, David M.; Gibbons, George E.; Cherns, Lesley

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1-2022

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Solid Earth, 13, 1–14, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1-2022

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Solid Earth, 13, 1–14, 2022

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Method article 04 Jan 2022

Method article | 04 Jan 2022

Virtual field trip to the Esla Nappe (Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain): delivering traditional geological mapping skills remotely using real data

Manuel I. de Paz-Álvarez et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1-2022-supplement

Data sets

Esla Mapping Project data repository M. I. de Paz-Álvarez, T. G. Blenkinsop, D. M. Buchs, G. E. Gibbons, and L. Cherns https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5801276

Short summary

We describe a virtual geological mapping course implemented in response to travelling and social restrictions derived from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The course was designed to replicate a physical mapping exercise as closely as possible with the aid of real field data and photographs collected by the authors during previous years in the Cantabrian Zone (NW Spain). The course is delivered through Google Earth via a KMZ file with outcrop descriptions and links to GitHub-hosted photographs.