G 434 Structural Geology and Tectonics
CH S-17 CH S-17 You are required to provide your own Brunton, Sunto Navigator (MC-2) or Silva Ranger compass.
See 'Resources' section for links Page will not update until Jan 2010. Texts may change Study of processes for rock deformation, and the geometry of structures produced by those processes. G326 Numerical Modeling ** The primary readings for this course will be from Pollard and Fletcher for Structure, and Fowler for Tectonics ** 5343 6 Fowler, C.M.R. The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics 685 Second 2005 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 0-521-89307 http://www.cambridge.org/9780521893077 10.2277/0521893070 5338 6 Pollard, David D. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fundamentals of Structural Geology 500 2005 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 0-521-93927-0 http://www.cambridge.org/0521839270 5344 6 Freeman, Tom Procedures in Field Geology 128 1999 New York Wiley-Blackwell 978-0865420083 http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0865420084.html 5344 6 Walker, J. Douglas Cohen, Harvey A. Geoscience Handbook: AGI Data Sheets 310 4th, revised 2009 American Geological Institude 978-0922152841 http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/pubdetail.html?item=300310 5335 6 Recktenwald, Gerald Numerical methods with MATLAB: Implementation and application 786 2000 Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall 0-201-30860-6 1 Stress Material for week 1 Week01/resources.xml 2 Strain Material for week 2 Week02/resources.xml 3 Jointing Material for week 3 Week03/resources.xml 4 Faulting Material for week 4 Week04/resources.xml 5 Folding Material for week 5 Week05/resources.xml 6 Folding Material for week 6 Week06/resources.xml 7 Divergent margins Material for week 7 Week07/resources.xml 8 Strike-slip margins Material for week 8 Week08/resources.xml 9 Convergent margins Material for week 9 Week09/resources.xml 10 North America Tectonics Material for week 10 Week10/resources.xml 25 Mid-Term Examination 5th or 6th week of term 25 Final Examination see PSU Final Exam Schedule 25 Weekly Assignments Due at time specified on assignment sheet 25 Philomath and Sutherlin field exercise reports Due at time specified on assignment sheet Assignments are due at the specified time. A late assignments grade will decay with a half-life of 320 hours. Academic Honesty Policy http://geomechanics.geology.pdx.edu/Courses/AcademicHonesty.pdf Required reading for all students Supplemental Reading Material readings.xml Additional and alternate readings in Structural Geology and Tectonics Ben Meadows http://www.benmeadows.com A source of compasses and other field equipment Forestry Supply http://www.forestry-suppliers.com A source of compasses and other field equipment Miners https://minerox.com/ A source of compasses and other field equipment Pollard and Fletche's Web site for their Structural Geology textbook http://pangea.stanford.edu/projects/structural_geology/ Resources for the textbook Internet Structural Geology Resources http://www.structural-geology.org/ Links to structural geology software, photographs, reference lists, course pages, etc. Geological Society of America Structure and Tectonics Division http://rock.geosociety.org/sgt/index.html Journal of Structural Geology via PSU Library Tectonophysics via PSU Library