Department Earth/Environmental Sciences
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Lecture Topics
Web notes are barebones. They are NOT a substitute for attending class. The microstructure images below are from Earthen Ware Inc and can be used for educational purposes only.
- Stress I (Chap. 3)
- Stress II (Chap.3)
- Mohr circle construction (Chap.3)
- Strain markers (Chap. 4)
- Strain I (CHap. 4)
- Strain II (Chap.4)
- Ramsay diagram (Chap.4)
- Strain ellipse (Chap. 4)
- Fry Method (Chap. 4)
- Strain rate (Chap. 5)
- Rheology I (Chap.5)
- Rheology II (Chap.5)
- Isostatic rebound
- Brittle deformation (Chap. 6)
- Friction and Bylerlee's law (Chap. 6)
- Fault terminology (Chap. 8)
- Fault mechanics (Chap. 8)
- Balanced X-sections (Chap. 18)
- Sample midterm exam (Chap. 3-9, 18)
- First lab./map quiz Friday Feb. 22
- Ductile deformation (Chap. 9)
- Ductile textures (see below)
- Pressure solution
- Quartz ribbons
- Quartz subgrains
- Recrystalized quartz
- C-axis preferred orientation
- Recrystallized feldspar
- Foam texture (analog mineral)
- Sheared foam 1
- Sheared foam 2
- Annealed texture
- Midterm review
- Fold geometry
- Appalachians (Chap. 22.4)
- P-T-t paths (Chap. 13)
- shear zones (Chap. 12)
- Review II (Chap. 9-13, 18)
- Stress I (Chap. 3)
- Stress II (Chap.3)
- Mohr circle construction (Chap.3)
- Strain markers (Chap. 4)
- Strain I (CHap. 4)
- Strain II (Chap.4)
- Ramsay diagram (Chap.4)
- Strain ellipse (Chap. 4)
- Fry Method (Chap. 4)
- Strain rate (Chap. 5)
- Rheology I (Chap.5)
- Rheology II (Chap.5)
- Isostatic rebound
- Brittle deformation (Chap. 6)
- Friction and Bylerlee's law (Chap. 6)
- Fault terminology (Chap. 8)
- Fault mechanics (Chap. 8)
- Balanced X-sections (Chap. 18)
- Sample midterm exam (Chap. 3-9, 18)
- First lab./map quiz Friday Feb. 22
- Ductile deformation (Chap. 9)
- Ductile textures (see below)
- Pressure solution
- Quartz ribbons
- Quartz subgrains
- Recrystalized quartz
- C-axis preferred orientation
- Recrystallized feldspar
- Foam texture (analog mineral)
- Sheared foam 1
- Sheared foam 2
- Annealed texture
- Midterm review
- Fold geometry
- Appalachians (Chap. 22.4)
- P-T-t paths (Chap. 13)
- shear zones (Chap. 12)
- Review II (Chap. 9-13, 18)
