GLG310 Structural Geology

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Lecture notes

DateTopic
Week 1:
8/24 & 26
Introduction to Structural Geology (1)
Introduction to Structural Geology (2)
Week 2:
8/31 & 9/2
Introduction to Structural Geology (2) and Deformation (1)
Deformation (2)
Week 3:
9/6 & 9/8
Force, stress, fractures
Week 4:
9/14 & 9/16
Stress and tractions
Week 5:
9/21 & 9/23
Sandbox experiment (see pages 307-309 in D+R)
Meeting with Dept. Chairman and Brunton compass introduction
Week 6:
9/28
Stress and faulting (Continue Lecture 6)
Week 7:
10/5
Stress and faulting (Finish Lecture 6)
Week 8:
10/12
Stress, tractions and faulting
Week 9:
10/26 & 10/28
Phenomenology of Faults
Shear zones
Week 10:
11/2 & 11/4
Shear zones
Field trip to Dreamy Draw
Week 11:
11/9 & 111
Application exercise and field trip preparation
Holiday
Week 12:
11/16
Cleavage, foliation, lineation
Week 13:
11/23
Deformation Mechanisms and Microstructures
Week 14:
11/30 & 12/2
Overview of Cordilleran tectonics
San Andreas movies (from T. Atwater):
Pac-NoAm_Intro_Big.mov
Pac-NoAm_Tech_Big.mov
PacHist_Big.mov

GLG310 Structural Geology


Last modified: December 2, 2004