GEOL473-07S2 (C) Semester Two 2007

Structural Geology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2007
End Date: Thursday, 15 November 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 29 July 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 October 2007

Description

This course will focus on tectonic and structural aspects of convergent and divergent plate margins. It 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.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Uwe Ring

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 10 Sep 2007 50% Essay
Presentation 50% Oral presentation

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Davis, George H. , Reynolds, Stephen J; Structural geology of rocks and regions ; 2nd ed. ; John Wiley, 1996.

Moores, Eldridge M. , Twiss, Robert J; Tectonics ; W.H. Freeman & Co, 1995.

Ramsay, John G. , Huber, Martin I., Lisle, Richard J; The techniques of modern structural geology ; Academic Press, 1983.

Van der Pluijm, Ben A. , Marshak, Stephen; Earth structure : an introduction to structural geology and tectonics ; 2nd ed; W.W. Norton, 2004.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $573.00

* 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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