EASC 204-3: Structural Geology I 2020-1
This course will focus on description and analysis of deformation and deformation processes at scales, ranging from minerals to mountain belts.
Topics include: faults, folds, construction of cross-sections, interpretation of structural fabrics, stress, strain, plate tectonics
Instructor: Dan Gibson Email: hdgibson@sfu.ca Office Hours: |
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Lecture Location & Time: TASC1-7005- Tues. & Thurs. 14:30-15:20
Lab: Tuesday 15:30-18:20 TASC1 - 7005
Required Textbook:
Davis, Reynolds, and Kluth, 2011, Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions (3rd Edition), John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
Marshak, S., and Mitra, G., 1988, Basic Methods of Structural Geology, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Additional Textbooks available in library:
Park, R.G., 1989, Foundations of Structural Geology, 3rd Edition. Blackie, USA: Chapman Hall, New York, 148 p.
Twiss, R.J., and Moores, E.M., 1992, Structural Geology, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 532 p.
Hobbs, Means, and Williams, 1976, An Outline of Structural Geology, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
Suppe, John, 1985, The Principles of Structural Geology, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey.
Ramsay, J.G., 1967, Folding and Fracturing of Rocks, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 568 p.
Van der Pluijm, B., and Marshak, S., 2004. Earth Structure, 2nd ed., W.W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, 656 p.
Additional Lab Textbooks:
Ragan, Donal M., 1985, Structural Geology, An Introduction to Geometric Techniques, Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
Ramsay, J.G., and Huber, M.I., 1983, The techniques of Modern Structural Geology, Volume 1: Strain Analysis, Academic Press, New York. {Also: Volume 2: Folds and Fractures}
Cora Lake mylonite, East Lake Athabaska, Saskatchewan
Curved inclusion trails within garnet porphyroclast, northern Selkirk Mountains, BC
