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Week
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Date
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Content
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Problem Set |
Reading
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Summary of topics covered for each day
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1
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29 Aug. |
Introduction to Structural Geology: Visualization & Process |
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Kinematic analysis |
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31 Aug. |
Rheology & Rock Deformation: An overview |
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Rheology: brittle vs. ductile, transitions, seismogenic zone, deformation (and the 4 components of deformation) |
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2
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5 Sept. |
*** LABOR DAY HOLIDAY *** |
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7 Sept. |
Observations on displacement in the brittle field |
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Ch. 8 |
variables that affect deformation: P, T, t (including strain rate), x, fluid |
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3
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12 Sept. |
Faults I |
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Ch. 8 |
Strike/dip of fault planes, trend/plunge of linear features within a fault plane |
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14 Sept. |
Faults: Normal |
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Ch. 8 + handouts |
Dip-slip versus strike slip faults, Normal faults, multiple generations of normal faults, tilted domino fault blocks, growth strata in exenstional faults. |
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4
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19 Sept. |
Faults: Normal & Detachment |
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Ch. 8 + handouts |
Observing normal faults in outcrop, unconformities, how to interpret extensional faults in the subsurface based on preserved core, and stratigraphic juxtaposition. Dextral vs. sinistral rotations, back rotations, |
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21 Sept. |
Faults: Detachment |
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low angle normal faults, detachment faults, listric faults |
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5
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26 Sept. |
Faults: Thrust Systems |
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Ch. 8, Ch. 18 + handouts |
general thrust system terminology
Lecture Images |
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28 Sept. |
Faults: Thrust Systems II |
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Ch.8, Ch. 18 + handouts |
Lecture Images |
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6
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3 Oct. |
Faults: Thrust Systems III |
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Ch. 18 |
Dalhstrom's Rules, Nepal Cross sections, went over handouts...
Fold and Thrust Power Point (~7 MB) |
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5 Oct. |
Assessment Numero Uno |
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7
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10 Oct. |
Faults & Folds: Thrust Systems and Folds |
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12 Oct. |
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8
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17 Oct. |
Folds II |
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19 Oct. |
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9
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24 Oct. |
Fault-bend folds |
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p. 184-189 |
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26 Oct. |
2nd Assessment: |
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Take home project: Payola Field |
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10
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31 Oct. |
Cross Sections: Kink method |
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Suppe handouts |
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2 Nov. |
Review of Suppe Cross Sections |
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Balanced Cross Sections Power Point (4 MB) |
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11
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7 Nov. |
Fractures & Stress |
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Stress Lecture Notes 1 (pdf)
Stress Lecture Notes 2 (pdf)
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9 Nov. |
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12
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14 Nov. |
No Class |
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16 Nov. |
Force & Stress |
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13
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21 Nov. |
Stress II |
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23 Nov. |
No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday |
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14
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28 Nov. |
Strain |
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30 Nov. |
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15
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5 Dec. |
Structure & Tectonics |
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7 Dec. |
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14 December FINAL EXAM, 1:30 - 4:00 PM, Room SCI 234
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