Course Descriptions

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


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Structural Geology and Tectonics
Steve Hurst, University of Illinois 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

Structural Geology
Seth Kruckenberg, Boston College
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

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

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

Structural Geoloy
Elizabeth Goeke, Salem State University; Elizabeth Goeke, Vassar College
Structural Geology course that focused on how theoretical knowledge of the brittle and ductile behavior of a wide-range of geological materials can be applied to real-world problems.

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

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

Structural Geology
Sarah Brownlee, Wayne State University
This is a required course for the Geology majors, and it covers the basics of structural geology including stress, strain, and deformation, and identifying structures. We use the text "Structural Geology of ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Global tectonics
John Weber, Grand Valley State University
Global Tectonics is our capstone course. Half of the course is devoted to getting a handle on basic plate kinematics (which is not covered explicitly in any other courses). Half of the course explores topics that ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics

Global Issues in the Sciences--Living with our Earth: Earth science case studies from the Pacific NW and Himalaya
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium
Seminar style course that explores basic geologic systems through the lens of better understanding natural and manmade catastrophes in the Pacific Northwest and the Himalaya and how we, personally and as societies, ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics