| Structural Geology | Spring 2008 | Reading | ||||
| Davis and Reynolds | ||||||
| J | 28 | M | 1 | Introduction | Cha. 1 - Casually | |
| 30 | W | 2 | Primary Structures and Contacts | p. 645 - 662 **645-649 Casually: 629-645 | ||
| DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS | ||||||
| F | 1 | F | 3 | Lab-Folding lines 1: Depth and thickness | ||
| e | 4 | M | 4 | Lab: Stereonets, Intro. | L&L: Casually: p.2-11; Carefully: 12-21. | |
| b | 6 | W | 5 | Fractures: Intro; Faults 1 | p. 653-654, 204-214, 269-270 | |
| r | 8 | F | 6 | Faults 2: Slip vs. separation | p. 292-300 + Crowell | |
| u | 11 | M | 7 | Faults 3: Recognition of faults | p. 271-292 | |
| a | 13 | W | 8 | Snow-day | ||
| r | 15 | F | 9 | Lab: Fault slip/separation on maps | ||
| y | 18 | M | ** | Holiday: Presidants Day | ||
| 19 | T | 10 | Folds: Introduction | p.372-388 | ||
| 20 | W | 11 | Folds 2: classification and specification | |||
| 22 | F | 12 | Folds 3: classification and specification | |||
| 25 | M | 13 | Folds: superimposed folding | |||
| KINEMATIC ANALYSIS | ||||||
| 27 | W | 14 | Joints; Joint and Fault Surfaces | p.204-226; 273-286 | ||
| 29 | F | 15 | STRAIN, 'Measures of strain | p.51-65 | ||
| M | 3 | M | 16 | Exam 1 | ||
| a | 5 | W | 17 | The strain ellipsoid | p.66-68 | |
| r | 7 | F | 18 | Strain states, strain diagrams | p.478-480 | |
| c | 10 | M | 19 | Finite and infinitesimal strain | ||
| h | 12 | W | 20 | Pure shear and simple shear | p.554-560 | |
| 14 | F | 21 | The strain equations | p. 68-70 | ||
| 17 | M | *** | Spring Break | |||
| 19 | W | *** | Spring Break | |||
| 21 | F | *** | Spring Break | |||
| 24 | M | 22 | Classical Fold mechanisms (1) | p.372-423 Cha7 | ||
| 26 | W | 23 | Toward a "realistic" fold model - Buckling | p. 404-413 | ||
| 28 | F | NE-GSA - No class | ||||
| 31 | M | 24 | Homogeneous strain | 424-492 | ||
| A | 2 | W | 25 | Fabrics & folding | ||
| p | 4 | F | 26 | Transposition, Def mechanisms... intro. | " " | |
| r | 7 | M | 27 | Deformation mechanisms (1) | p. 150 - 189 | |
| i | 9 | W | 28 | Crystal Defects, Def. mechanisms (2) | " " | |
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| DYNAMIC ANALYSIS | ||||||
| 11 | F | 29 | Forces, tractions, Stress on a plane | p. 98 - 109 | ||
| 14 | M | 30 | Stress at a point; the state of stress | p. 109 - 117 | ||
| 15 | Tu | Lecture Exam-2 In Lab | ||||
| 16 | W | 31 | Stress equations, Mohr's circle for stress | p. 117 - 121 | ||
| Deviatoric and non-deviatoric stress | ||||||
| 18 | F | 32 | Conditions for failure in rocks (1) | |||
| 21 | M | *** | Holiday Patriots Day | |||
| 23 | W | 33 | Conditions for failure in rocks (2) | |||
| 25 | F | 34 | Pore pressure and failure in rocks | Casually 319-371 | ||
| 28 | M | 35 | Stress and strain: Anderson's theory | p.304-319 | ||
| 30 | W | 36 | Shear zones & brittle ductile behavior. | p. 493-563 | ||
| 2 | F | 37 | Shear zones & brittle ductile behavior. | p. 493-563 | ||
| M | 5 | M | 38 | Material properties, stress&strain | p.122-149 | |
| a | 7 | W | 39 | Material properties, stress&strain | ||
| y | 9 | F | 40 | Global Tectonics 2 | ||
| 12 | M | 41 | Global Tectonics | |||
| Final Examination: Scheduled | ||||||