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Subject: Structural Geology
- 10 matches General/Other
- Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones 23 matches
- Geophysics and Structural Geology 13 matches Earthquakes/Seismic Reflection Profiling
- Joints/Fractures 1 match
- Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics 2 matches
- Modeling Structural Processes 3 matches
- Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity 23 matches
- Rheology/Behavior of Materials 3 matches
- Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis 12 matches
- Structural Visualizations 12 matches Maps/Air Photos/Images/Cross Sections/Projections
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Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Christopher Berg, Orange Coast College; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope Consortium; Julie Elliott, Michigan State University
Students work with high precision GPS data to explore how motion near a plate boundary is distributed over a larger region than the boundary line on the map. This allows them to investigate how earthquake hazard ...
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Unit 2.1: Geodetic survey of an outcrop for road cut design part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
Yonathan Admassu (James Madison University)
John Paul Ligush (James Madison University)
Matthew Gribbin (James Madison University)
This unit offers an alternative application for high-resolution topographic data from an outcrop. Using engineering geology methods and data collection from TLS and/or SfM, students design safe "road ...
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Unit 3: Getting started with GPS data part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
This unit provides essential background information on GPS (global positioning system) and reference frames. Students learn how to access GPS location and velocity data from the Network of the Americas (NOTA). They ...
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Unit 1: Earthquake! part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...
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Unit 4: GPS and infinitesimal strain analysis part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
Students work with GPS velocity data from three stations in the same region that form an acute triangle. By investigating how the ellipse inscribed within this triangle deforms, students learn about strain, strain ...
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Unit 2: Mashing it up: physical models of deformation and strain part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
Students gain an intuitive understanding of strain and deformation through a series of physical model activities using everyday materials such as bungee cords, rubber bands, fabric, index cards, silly putty, sand, ...
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Unit 6: Applying GPS strain and earthquake hazard analyses to different regions part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
Students select their own set of three stations in an area of interest to them, conduct a strain analysis of the area between the stations, and tie the findings to regional tectonics and societal impacts in a 5–7 ...
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Unit 5: 2014 South Napa Earthquake and GPS strain part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University
The 2014 South Napa earthquake was the first large earthquake (Mag 6) to occur within the Plate Boundary Observatory GPS network (now Network of the Americas- NOTA) since installation. It provides an excellent ...
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Unit 3: Geodetic survey of a fault scarp part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
Bruce Douglas (Indiana University)
Nicholas Pinter (University of California Davis)
Nathan Niemi (University of Michigan)
J. Ramon Arrowsmith (Arizona State University)
Kate Shervais (UNAVCO)
Chris Crosby (EarthScope)
In this unit, students will design a survey (TLS and/or SfM) of a fault scarp. After conducting the survey in the field, students will analyze the data to identify the number and magnitude of possible fault ...
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Unit 5: Summative assessment project part of GETSI:Teaching Materials:Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
Bruce Douglas (Indiana University)
Chris Crosby (EarthScope Consortium)
Kate Shervais (UNAVCO)
Unit 5 is the summative assessment for the module. This final exercise takes eight to ten hours. The exercise evaluates students' developed skills in survey design, execution of a geodetic survey, and simple ...
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