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Lecture Outline



LEC #TOPICS
IContinuum Mechanics: Stress and Strain
IIMaterial Behaviours
IIIBrittle Deformation

(A) Fracture Mechanics

(B) Faults
Mid Term
IVDuctile Deformation

(A) Mechanics

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

(C) Multiple Deformations
VPlutons, Salt Tectonics
VIRegional Tectonics



Lab Outline



LAB #Topics
IStress
IIStrain
Lab Field Trip to Beavertail, PT, RI
IIITechniques of Structural Geology I: 3D Geometries
IVTechniques of Structural Geology II: Cross-sections
VFaults
VIFolds
VIIFabrics: Lineations and Foliations
VIIIClassic Structural Environments I: Fold and Thrust Belts
IXClassic Structural environments II: High Grade Gneiss Terranes
XClassic Structural environments III: Extensional Environments

 








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