Course Description
Instructor(s):
Özlem Yılmaz Aksoy
Course Code / Semester: GEOE 3003 / Fall
Level: Undergraduate
Pre-requisites: GEOE 2002 Mapwork
Assessment:
Midterm: %25 (written examination with 40 to 50% applications)
Applications: %25 (classroom exercises & homeworks)
Final: %50 (written examination with 40 to 50% applications)
Course Highligts: This course features lectures and applications.
Course Description: This course is based on…
Course Syllabus
| WEEK | LECTURE | APPLICATION | Homework |
| I. Week 22.09.2016 | A- Introduction to Structural Geology | 1. List of materials needed.
2. Geological Compass, Orientation of structures; in azimuth, strike and dip measurement. |
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| II. Week 29.09.2016 | B – Fundamentals of Structural Geology
· Terminology · Primary and Non-tectonics Structures · Map symbols |
1. App-1: Orientation of structures; read azimuth according to right hand rule or azimuth; strike and dip.
2. App-2 : Draw an outcrop sketch |
1. Map Symbols
2. Converting measurements |
| III. Week 06.10.2016 | C – Brittle Deformation
· Brittle deformation · Joint systems |
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| IV. Week 13.10.2016 | · Faults and Faulting I / Intro | ||
| V. Week 20.10.2016 | · Faults and Faulting II / Normal F. | ||
| VI. Week 27.10.2016 | · Faults and Faulting III / Reverse F. | ||
| VII. Week 03.11.2016 | · Faults and Faulting III / Strike-Slip F. | ||
| VIII. Week 10.11.2016 | · MidTerm | ||
| IX. Week 17.11.2016 | Ductile Deformation
· Fold I |
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| X. Week 24.11.2016 | · Fold II
· Fabrics: Foliation and Lineation |
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| XI. Week 01.12.2016 | · Force and Stress
· Deformation and Strain |
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| XII. Week 08.12.2016 | · Rheology | ||
| XIII. Week 15.12.2016 | · Plate Tectonics | ||
| XIV. Week 22.12.2016 | · Plate Tectonics |
Tools
Students are expected to bring their course materials on each course. Besides if you have a smartphone you may install the below mentioned applications on your device.
Course materials:
- Colour Pencils (set of 12)
- Ruler (min 30cm in length)
- Triangle protractor
- 2 x Pencil (HB, B)
- Needle-point pencil (≤ 0.5)
- Soft rubber/eraser
- Pencil sharpener
- Transparent papers (10 pages)
- Squared paper (millimetric, 10 pages)
- Clipboard with cover
Usefull Software:
Stereonet 9
Stereonet is a software developed by Richard W. Allmendinger from the Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. The software allows to plot orientation measurements of linear and planar surfaces on a stereographic projection. Data points can also be plotted on a Google Sattelite or terrain image if location information is provided. You will complete some of your course homework assignments using this software. Visit Rick Almendinger Stuff page for other applications.
Direct download link for Windows
Direct download link for Mac OS X
Direct download link for Linux
Smartphone Apps
Field Move Clino
FieldMove Clino is a digital compass-clinometer for data capture on your Android phone, designed for simplicity in the field, and optimized to use the device’s GPS location and orientation sensors.
Download for Android
Download for Iphone
GPS Essentials
GPS Essentials is a complete GPS that allows to navigate and manage waypoints, tracks and routes.
Download for Android
Download for Iphone not available.
Recommended Books
Pluijm, B.A.v.d., and Marshak, S., 2003, Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, W. W. Norton & Company.
Rowland, S.M., Duebendorfer, E.M., and Schiefelbein, I.M., 2007, Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology: Malden, MA, Blackwell Pub., xi, 301 p.
McClay, K.R., 1999, The Mapping of Geological Structures, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. .
Lecture Notes
| Week | Topic | Slides |
| 1 | Introduction to Structural Geology | Download |
| 2 | Terminology | Download |
| 3 | Non-Tectonic Structures | Download |
| 4 | Brittle Deformation & Joints | Download 1 & 2 |
| 5 | Faults I – Introduction | Download |
| 6 | Faults II – Normal faulting & | Download |
| 7 | FIELD TRIP – Akbük | |
| 8 | Reverse faulting | Download |
| 9 | Midterm | |
| 10 | Faults III – Strike-slip faulting | Download |
| 11 | Deformation & Strain | Download |
| 12 | Ductile Deformation I / Folds | Download |
| 13 | Ductile Deformation II / Foliation & Lineation | Download |
| 14 | Application – Cross section | |
| 15 | —- |
Applications
Week Subject
1 – Cross cutting relationships Download: App01
2 – Measuring and Converting Strike & Dip values Download: App01 , App02, Hw01
3 – Outcrop sketching, Introduction to stereonets Download: App01 , Hw01, Hw02
4 – Stereonet – Find pitch of ore shoot, Cross-section Download: App01 , Hw01
5 – Principal Stress Directions Download: App01 , App03
6 – Introduction to Computer Software Download: Stereonet 10, FaultKin 8
7 – Field Trip to Yerkesik – Akbük – Akyaka Download: Trip Maps, App01
8 – Two Tilt Problem, Measuring Slip Download: App01, App02, Hw01, Hw02
9 – Midterm exam Download:
10 – Faulting – Cross section Download: App01
11 – Measuring Strain Download: App01
12 – Folds Download: App01, Hw01, Hw02
13 – Foliation & Lineation Download: App01
14 – Folding and unconformity Download: App01
Below you can find some applications from earlier classes:
| Week | Applications | Files |
| 1 | Cross cutting relationships | Download |
| 2 | Reading Strike & Dip / Sketch | Download |
| 2 | Making a sketch of outcrop 1 | Download |
| 2 | Converting measurements (Homework) | Download |
| 3 | Stereonet – Plotting planes | Download |
| 3 | Stereonet – Plotting lineations | Download |
| 3 | Stereonet – Using software | Download |
| 4 | Cross cutting relationships | Download |
| 4 | Cross cutting Events Order – Visible Geology | Download |
| 4 | Drawing cross section – Unconformity (Homework) | Download |
| 5 | Making a sketch of outcrop 2 | Download |
| 6 | Stereonet – Find pitch of ore shoot | Download |
| 6 | Drawing cross section – Two Folds | Download |
| 7 | Stereonet – Finding directions of principle stress | Download |
| 8 | MIDTERM | |
| 9 | Stereonet – Finding fold axis | Download |
| 10 | Stereonet – Finding directions of principle stress | Download |
| 10 | Drawing cross section – Faults and folds | Download |
| 11 | Stereonet – Finding directions of principle stress | Download |
| 12 | Drawing cross section – Plunging syncline | Download |
| 13 | Drawing cross section – Folds and unconformity | |
| 14 | Stereonet – Finding directions of principle stress |
Web sources
Here are some websites that may help you in this course
Visible Geology: A web based application that allows to visualize geo logical structures in 3D.
Paper models of some structures: Cut the paper models on this page to improve your 3D visualization skills.
MIT Open Access Structural Geology Course: Open access course and related materials of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Downloads
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