9768 (v.8) Structural Geology 201

Area:	Department of Applied Geology
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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Lecture:	3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	10198 (v.3) Geology 241 - Structural Geology and Mineralogy or any previous version AND 307324 (v.2) Structural Geology 231 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Stress and its relationship to brittle failure of rocks. Visualising stress using Mohr circles. Fault initiation and development. Application of stereographic projections in structural geology. Concepts, models and quantitative techniques for analysing for strain in rocks. Kinematic analysis of shear zones and fold mechanisms. Analysis of superposed deformation and refolded folds. Rheology and the mechanical properties of rocks. Deformation processes, mechanisms and microstructure. Construction of deformation histories.
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Field of Education:	010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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