Advanced Structural Geology

Aim and Content

The course provides advanced theoretical aspects of rock deformation and covers in detail the geometric and kinematic analysis of important macro-, meso- and microscale structures. The course includes both a lecturing and a laboratory part. The principal course components include advanced aspects of stress and strain theory, rheology, brittle and plastic deformation processes, DPTt-path and balancing, as well as advanced aspects of contractional, extensional and strike-slip regimes.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course GEOV251 a students should be able to:

- Quantitatively describe stress and strain

- Quantitatively describe conditions for brittle and viscous failure

- Quantitatively describe and understand rheology of the lithosphere

- Describe normal, reverse, and strike slip fault regimes and associated structures

- Plot and understand geometrical relationships between primary structural features (faults, folds, lineations, tension fractures)

- Describe and characterise a wide range of geological structures from the micro to the mesoscale;

- Unravel complex deformation histories

- Reconstruct DPTt-path

- Provide a solid understanding of brittle and plastic deformation processes

- Describe and understand basic principles of balanced structural section construction

Course offered (semester)

Autumn

Language of Instruction

English

Pre-requirements

Principals of structural geology

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.

Contact Information

Student adviser, Department of Earth Science, e-mail: studiekonsulent@geo.uib.no