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    Contractional Strain part of Spatial Thinking Workbook:Teaching Activities
    Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
    Students use gesture to describe the bulk deformation and local deformation apparent in images of a contractional analog experiment. Students then calculate bulk shortening and bulk thickening for the experiment and describe the structures accommodating that strain.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Modeling Structural Processes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review