Announcements | Syllabus | Schedule | Weekly lecture notes | GLG310 Labs | Links |
Date | Topic | Reading* | Lab |
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Week 1: 8/24 & 8/26 | Introduction to Structural Geology Observing structures | Chapter 1, Appendices III-B, III-C (D+R) | Visualizing topography |
Week 2: 8/31 & 9/2 | Deformation | Chapter 2 (1st half) (D+R) Chapter 1(R+A) | Strike and dip; Geologic blocks |
Week 3: 9/7# & 9/9 | Fractures and stress | Chapter 5, Part of 3, III-L (D+R); Chapter 9 (R+A) | Planes & Topography |
Week 4: 9/14 & 9/16 | Fractures and stress continued | Continue above | Simple structure contours and Orthographic projection (III-G) |
Week 5: 9/21 & 9/23 | Faults | Chapter 6 (D+R) | Measuring structures (close to campus) |
Week 6: 9/28# & 9/30 | Faults, strain, and stress | Continue above | Virtual Mapping exercises, Geologic Maps and Sections (III-A, E in D+R) |
Week 7: 10/5 & 10/7 | Faults, strain, and stress | Eastern South Mountains (field) | |
Week 8: 10/12# & 10/14 | Faults; Field on Thursday | Continue above | Geologic maps and Sections (III-A, E in D+R) |
Week 9: 10/19 & 10/21 | Cross-sections and catch up | III-A, E in D+R | Central South Mountains (field) |
Week 10: 10/26 & 10/28 | Faulting phenomenology Shear zones | Chapter 6 (D+R) | Stereonets (III-H, I, J, K--D+R) |
Week 11: 11/2 & 11/4 | Shear Zones and Progressive Deformation | Chapter 9, III-N (D+R) (D+R) | Dreamy Draw Park (field) |
Week 12: 11/9# & 11/11 | Shear Zones and Progressive DeformationHoliday | ||
November 13-14 | Weekend Field Trip | Handouts | |
Week 13: 11/16 & 11/18 | Cleavage, Foliation, and Lineation | Chapter 8 (D+R) | Arizona Geology Lab and more Cross-Sections for synthesis |
Week 14: 11/23 & 11/25 | Folding Thanksgiving! | Chapter 7 (D+R) | None |
Week 15: 11/30 & 12/2 | Arizona and Cordilleran Regional Tectonics | Handouts | Poster session |
Week 16: 12/7# | Final Exam | ||
12/14 | No final exam during exam week |