The Rapson Group Geolgy Text Panels giving geologic and geographic information about the natural origin
of the 4 primary materials used in the construction of the new
and older
sections of College of
Design, Rapson Hall structure are to be etched directly into each material
in-situ. Site images
show placement of paper mock-ups for each text panel to be etched
on
materials of the College of
Design building - image key below. The installation of the panels in-situ is still pending finding a suitable contractor and interface with University procedures. Publication of a document detailing all the research for the panels in the form of a small edition, large-format book is in process. One or more copies of this document will be housed in the College of Design Library at Rapson Hall.
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The geologic
information for each material-text panel may include: mineralogy,
age of original
deposit, location of deposit (longitude, latitude, depth
altitude or depth, geologic context), holocene transport and depositional/installation
characteristics, analysis of metamorphic
processes, original and current depositional environment and facies,
and other relevant characteristics of the materials and processes
in
a geologic/anthroturbational context.
Geologic laboratory analysis was performed on samples of each material
by Katherine Waring and associates at the UC Davis Geology Department
(thin sections) and Mineral
Labs, Inc., Lakewood, CO. as appropriate for the material:
scanning electron microscopy (SEM). energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
(EDS) and/or x-ray
fluorescence (XRF), or x-ray diffraction
(XRD). Laboratory results are available through links for each
material below. Mineral Lab Technical
Analysis Specifications. |
