GLY4400 Syllabus

Structural Geology/Tectonics (GLY4400, Section 2308Z)
Lecture Location: WH101
Lecture Time: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Period 3 (08:30-09:20)
Lecture Textbook:
Foundations of Structural Geology by R.G. Park
Publisher: Chapman & Hall; 3rd edition (August 1997)
ISBN: 0412644002
This book was first published in 1983, and several editions have been published since.
Optional Textbook:
Earth Structure: An introduction to structural geology and tectonics. by B. van der Pluijm and S. Marshak. (McGraw Hill) 2nd Edition (2001).
Lab Instructor: Laura Gregory (Office: WH 261)
Lab Time: Thursday, Periods 2-3 (08.30-10.25) or Periods 4-5 (10.40-12.35)
Lab Locationr: WH 215
Lab Manual: Basic Methods of Structural Geology, by S. Marshak and G. Mitra (Prentice Hall) 1st Edition (1988)
Grading: 30% Lab, 20% Test 1, 20% Test 2, 30% Final Exam
Lecture Schedule:

Provisional Dates

Topic

Chapter in Park/VanD
1/8 Introdoction
1/10-1/12 Stress, Strain 5, 6/3, 4
1/15 Martin Luther King Day (no class)
1/17 Strain (continued)
1/19-1/26 Rheology and behavior of materials 7/5
1/29-2/7 Determination of strain in rocks 8/4
2/9 TEST 1
2/12 Contacts (depositional contacts, unconfomities, introduction to faults, intrusive contacts) 2, 11?
2/14-2/16 Primary Structures (cross bedding, graded bedding, etc.) ?
2/19 Fractures: Joints 2/7
2/21-2/23 Fracures: Faults 2, 9/8
2/26-2/28 Folds 3, 10/10
3/2-3/7 Foliations and Lineations 4/11
3/9 TEST 2
3/12-3/16 Spring Break
3/19 Introduction to Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building 13, 14/14
3/21-3/23 Nature of Earth’s Interior 13/14
3/26-3/38 Divergent Plate Boundaries and Passive Margins 15/15
3/30-4/2 Field Methods Field Trip (no class)
4/4-4/13 Convergent Plate Boundaries 15/16, 17
4/16 Conservative (Transform) Plate Boundaries 15/18
4/18-4/23 Drving Forces of Plate Tectonics 14/14
4/25 Review (last week)
5/2 FINAL EXAM (12:30 – 14:30)