GEOL473-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Structural Geology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Structural Geology

This course will focus on tectonic and structural aspects of convergent and also to some degree divergent plate margins that are not covered in the Canterbury undergraduate courses at 200 level or 300 level. I will give an overview on subduction zones, collisional orogens as well as extensional margins and rift. We will be seeking to discover what structural geology can tell us about mountain building processes, relationships between deformation and metamorphism and the feedback between tectonics and climate. Following coverage of core material we will discuss particular tectonic processes and select some of the hot topics in tectonics.

Core Material:
Introductory structural geology and tectonics.
Subduction complexes and tectonic evolution of accretionary wedges.
Tectonic evolution of collisional mountain belts.
Extension at convergent plate margins and core complexes.
Continental rifting.
Applications of strain
Contractional vs extensional structures.

Topics chosen from the following:
Tectonics and climate.
Hot vs cold core complexes.
Circum Pacific accretionary complexes.
Advancing and retreating plate boundary zones.
Balanced cross sections.
Rates of deformation and exhumation.
Any other topics of interest.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Uwe Ring

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Presentation 50%
Essay 04 Sep 2006 50%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

It is essential to have taken at least GEOL233 or an equivalent foundation course in Structural Geology. It would be preferable to have taken GEOL334 and helpful to have taken GEOL338, but neither one is essential.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $545.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

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