EASC 404: Structural Geology II
| Credits: | 3 |
Pre-requisites: | EASC 204, 301 & 309 |
Lecture (hrs/week): | 2 |
| Terms: | Fall |
Co-requisites: | None |
Lab (hrs/week): | 3 |
| Instructors: | Gibson | ||||
| Course Notes: | |||||
Description:
Application of advanced concepts in structural geology to a variety of tectonic problems; deformation mechanisms; flow concepts applied to ductile deformation; description and interpretation of microstructural fabrics; strain partitioning from grain scale to global scale.
Textbooks:Twiss, R.J., and Moores, E.M., 1996, Structural Geology, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York (c1992).
Passchier, C.W., and Trouw, R.A., 2005. Microtectonics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Recommended Lab text: Marshak, S., and Mitra, G., 1988, Basic Methods of Structural Geology, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.