Geol.733         TECHNIQUES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY                                       (3 C.H)

Geological mapping and cross sections, stereographic projections, fold morphology, fold orientations: projection techniques, fold classification, fold sections and profiles, fold mechanism (single and multilayers), strain and small scale structures in folds, superposed folding, fault geometry and morphology, faults and the construction of balanced cross sections, mechanical analysis of fractures, fracture analysis and plotting techniques, ductile and brittle shear zones, joints, structural analysis of an area that has experienced a single episode of deformation, multiple deformations, examples and labs.

Book Recommended:

• The techniques of modern structural geology, folds and fractures by Ramsay, J. G. and Huber, M. I., 1987. Volume 2, Academic Press, London.
• Structural geology by Twiss, R.J. and Moores, E.M., 2007. 2nd Edition, Freeman and Company, New York.
• Structural geology of rocks and regions by Davis, G.H. and Reynolds, S.J., 1996. 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, New York.
• The mapping of geological structures by McClay, K., 2003. Johnn Wiley and Sons, New York.