Course Descriptions

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


Help

Results 1 - 10 of 27 matches

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

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

Structural Geology (EAS 425)
Kyle Fredrick, Pennsylvania Western University - California
Conventional Structural Geology course with a primary focus on recognizing and measuring structure. Considerable time is spent on graphical analysis of structures (3-point problems, stereonets, remote and field ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology

Microstructure and Rock Rheology
Whitney Behr, The University of Texas at Austin
This course focuses on microphysical processes of deformation operative in the crust and upper mantle, with an emphasis on distinguishing these processes using microstructural analysis.

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Geophysics

Structural geology
Howell Bosbyshell, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Determination of the sequential development and the forces involved in the various structural features of the earth.

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

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

The Plate Tectonics Revolution
Emily Peterman, Bowdoin College
Although only ~40 years old, the theory of plate tectonics provides a global framework to understand such varied phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean basins and mountain systems both on continents (e.g. the ...

Subject: Geology: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics


Advertisement