Maxwell Behavior of Cake part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Christie Rowe, McGill University
Uses 3 points of entry to introduce students to viscoelastic rheology: A hands-on exercise with cake as the deformable material, an accessible example of an artificial material, and using literature to apply the ...

Strain Analysis part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Frederick Vollmer, SUNY College at New Paltz
Structural geology laboratory on strain analysis. Emphasizes basic methods for determining strain from points, lines, ellipses, and polygons. Introduces two-dimensional strain using hyperboloidal geometry and ...

Measuring Strain part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Sarah Brownlee, Wayne State University
This activity utilizes randomly oriented strain markers created in Illustrator to estimate strain by measuring angular strain and lengths of lines, calculating shear strain, defining and orienting the principal ...

The Mohr stress circle: Determining stress and stress states part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Seth Kruckenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The goal of this exercise is to reinforce concepts discussed in lecture on the topic of stress and give students a hands on intuition of the relationships between the principal stresses, the normal and shear ...

New Views of an Old Continent: A Tectonics Lab Exercise Using Geophysical Maps of Australia part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
David Greene, Denison University
In this lab activity students are given five different map views of the continent of Australia: Geology, Gravity Anomaly, Magnetic Anomaly, Digital Elevation, and Satellite Image, and asked to investigate and ...

Describing three-dimensional structures with spherical and Cartesian coordinates part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Jack Loveless, Smith College
Analyzing three-dimensional orientation data using a stereonet is an important component of any structural geology course, ideally helping students to visualize structural geometry and serving as a springboard for ...

Exploring fold and thrust belts in Google Earth part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Jack Loveless, Smith College
Google Earth enhances traditional geologic maps by allowing the viewer to explore three-dimensional map patterns and the interaction between structure and topography in dictating those map patterns. This activity ...

Mapping commingled magmas, Eastern Head of Isle Au Haut, Maine part of Geoscience in the Field:Activities
Dykstra Eusden, Bates College
This is a week-long bedrock mapping project on Isle Au Haut, in Penobscot Bay, Maine, with three to four field days followed by 1-2 lab days. The bedrock is Silurian gabbro and granite that commingled in a magma ...

Geologic Structures Lab part of Introductory Courses:Activities
John Leland, Glendale Community College
In class activity involving a thought exercise about rock rheology, discussion and drawing of simple brittle and ductile structures, and then reading an article about how the depth of the brittle-ductile transition ...

Geologic Maps and Geologic Structures: A Texas Example part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Roger Steinberg, Del Mar College
Students work with geologic maps of Texas, learning details of Texas geology, and reinforce knowledge and use of geologic structures, stratigraphic sections, and geologic cross sections.