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Lecture Outline


LEC # TOPICS
I Continuum Mechanics: Stress and Strain
II Material Behaviours
III Brittle Deformation

(A) Fracture Mechanics

(B) Faults
Mid Term
IV Ductile Deformation

(A) Mechanics

(B) Folding
(i) Descriptive Material
(ii) Mechanics
(iii) Related Structures
(iv) Foliations and Lineations
(v) Strain Analysis

(C) Multiple Deformations
V Plutons, Salt Tectonics
VI Regional Tectonics

Lab Outline


LAB # Topics
I Stress
II Strain
Lab Field Trip to Beavertail, PT, RI
III Techniques of Structural Geology I: 3D Geometries
IV Techniques of Structural Geology II: Cross-sections
V Faults
VI Folds
VII Fabrics: Lineations and Foliations
VIII Classic Structural Environments I: Fold and Thrust Belts
IX Classic Structural environments II: High Grade Gneiss Terranes
X Classic Structural environments III: Extensional Environments
 

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