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Learning Objectives
To acquire base knowkedge of structural geology
Prerequisites
Base geological knowledge
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
ELEMENTS OF TECTONICS
- FOLDS
Folds and creases systems. Classifications of folds. Distribution of strain in the folds. Conical folds and flexural, shear and bending like. Models of bending: bending and buckling. Kink-bands.
- FAULT
Definition. Types of faults. Orientation of faults with respect to stress. A pair of cutting and associated structures. Tectonic S-C. Fault rocks. Veins: definition and description. How to increase fiber. Shadows of pressure. Anderson's model. Kinematic indicators on faults. Synsedimentary faults. Graphical and analytical processing systems, populations of faults.
- Lineation
Definition and description of the lineation. Origin of lineation. Lineation of minerals. Intersection lineation. Folds with lineation. Rods, boudinage, and mullions.
- Cleavage
Definition and classification of foliations, cleavage fracture, cleavage crenulata; Slaty cleavage. Schistosity and foliation. Layering differentiated. Origin of axial plane foliations. Orientation of strain compared to the foliation. Concept of transposition and transposed foliation.
- Tectonic mesoscopic
2.5.1 - Joint: Definition and description. Origin of the joints. Sets and systems joints. Types of joints. Distribution and systems architecture of joints. Relationship to other structures. Meaning of the joints. Cases studied.
- STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS
- THRUST SYSTEMS
Definition and nomenclature. Propagation models. Backthrust out-of-sequence thrust.
- Extensional tectonics
Gibbs model, the model of Lister, a model of Wernicke. Stretching and a model of McKenzie. Models of core complex (Basin & Range Province). Experimental analogue models. Regional examples. Oblique extension.
- STRIKE-SLIP Tectonics
Nomenclature and definition. Pull-apart basins and push-up structures. Flower structures and associated structures. Trans-trans-pressure and tension. Block rotation. Experimental analog models.
- SALT TECTONICS