Course Descriptions

These course descriptions were submitted by participants in the 2012 workshop.


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Structural Geology
Jamie Levine
This course is an upper-level structural geology course with a focus on understanding stress, strain, the formation of geologic structures, and 3-D visualization.

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Geologic Structures and Map Interpretation
Genet Duke, Northeastern Illinois University
Determination of the attitude and thickness of inclined strata and their bearing on outcrop patterns; preparation of geological maps from given field data; and interpretations of aerial photos, topographic maps, ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Global Tectonics
David Greene, Denison University
A study of geologic and tectonic processes at the global scale. Major topics include plate tectonic theory and development, plate geometries, processes at plate margins, volcanic arcs, collisional orogenies and ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics

Structural Geology
Jack Loveless, Smith College
Introductory structural geology

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Structural Geology
Seth Kruckenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The prime purpose of this course is to improve your understanding of the deformation of the Earth's lithosphere, which is the focus of the study of structural geology. In my view, a first course in structural ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Tectonics

Introduction to Geophysics
Scott Marshall
course link: http://www.appstate.edu/~marshallst/GLY3160/ (link down) This course provides an introduction to the application of physics to study geologic structures, phenomenon, and processes. Geophysics is a ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics

Plate Tectonics
Rory McFadden, Carleton College
A systematic treatment of the geology and geophysics of plate tectonics, based on present knowledge of the structure and physical properties of the Earth's interior. Included are present kinematics of plate ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics

Structural Geology
Martha Growdon, SUNY College at Oneonta
An introduction to common structural features-folds, faults, foliations, lineations, unconformities, geologic contacts, their geometry and origin. Examination of basic concepts of stress and strain; laboratory ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Structural Geology and Tectonics
Steve Hurst, University of Illinois at Chicago
Junior -senior level course introduction to structural geology and tectonics

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Tectonics

Structural Geology
Angela Moore, Guilford College
An introductory structural geology course that includes the study of stress and strain, rheology, qualitative aspects of brittle and ductile deformation processes, and descriptive analysis. Tectonics is also ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology