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Course Name	Turkish	Yapısal Jeoloji
	English	Structural Geology
Course Code	JEO 256E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ali Mehmet Celal Şengör
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.
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