Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 9768 (v.7) Geology 207 - Structural Geology or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
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| Description, classification and relationships between folds, foliation and lineations. Stress and relationship to fracturing and faulting. Nomenclature of faults, displacements and fault separations. Pure and simple shear, progressive deformation and particle paths in two and three dimensional. Quantitative strain analysis. Shear zones and kinematic indicators. Superimposed folding. Folding mechanisms and fold development. Use of stereographic projections in interpretation of structures. Internal atomic order and bonding in crystalline solids. Chemical composition and structure of minerals. Introduction to petrology. Chemical analysis of rocks and minerals. |
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