JEO 256E - Structural Geology

Course Objectives

Deformation, strain, and stress; displacement: changes in length and angles during deformation; the strain ellipse; the formation of extensional veins; strain ellipsoid and the Flinn diagram; stereographic projections; representation of planes and lines in the stereographic projections - ß and? diagrams; foliation and lineation; faults: structures associated with normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults; the relationship between stress and faulting; joints and rose diagram; stress and Mohr circle; earthquakes and faulting.

Course Description

Deformation, strain, and stress; displacement: changes in length and angles during deformation; the strain ellipse; the formation of extensional veins; strain ellipsoid and the Flinn diagram; stereographic projections; representation of planes and lines in the stereographic projections - ß and? diagrams; foliation and lineation; faults: structures associated with normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults; the relationship between stress and faulting; joints and rose diagram; stress and Mohr circle; earthquakes and faulting.