Structural Images part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site is one of the stops on the Structural Geology Page maintained at Smith College by Tony Caldanaro. It has links to seven excellent collections of digital images useful in teaching structural ...

Teaching Resources in Structural Geology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This collection of web-based teaching resources is intended to assist educators in teaching structural geology. There are sections of materials on basic structures (folds, faults, shear zones, and ...

Teaching Resources in Structural Geology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This collection of web-based teaching resources is intended to assist educators in teaching structural geology. There are sections of materials on basic structures (folds, faults, shear zones, and ...

Dislocation Glide part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This animation from Monash University shows the process of dislocation glide in two dimensions. The animation shows what it would look like if we could zoom in on a single grain of sand, down to the ...

Analogue Microstructural Modeling at the University at Albany, SUNY part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site contains 15 time-lapse QuickTime movies that show the experimental deformation behavior of octachloropropane. This compound shows similar microstructures to those found in quartzite, and ...

Microdynamics Laboratory - Projects part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site contains a variety of microstructure projects conducted at the University of Maine. QuickTime movies show the modeled deformation of rocks and the development of microstructures. Examples ...

3-D Animation of Dislocation Glide part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website displays an animation of edge-screw dislocation glide in 3 dimensions. The animation is short and clear, and will be helpful to students trying to visualize this somewhat complicated ...

Microstructures and Deformation Mechanisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is the first in a series of lectures for a microstructures short course. These illustrated lecture notes introduce the topic of microstructures and discuss a variety of deformation mechanisms ...

Microstructures and Deformation Mechanisms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is the first in a series of lectures for a microstructures short course. These illustrated lecture notes introduce the topic of microstructures and discuss a variety of deformation mechanisms ...

Formation of spaced cleavage and folds in brittle limestone by dissolution part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Short, well written article that presents a nice case for the role of dissolution in cleavage formation and is an early article on this subject. This is a good article for a class discussion on ...