Overview
This course covers the learning outcomes and goals of understanding how rocks deform under stress through folding, faulting, and forming joints. Students will learn about different types of faults (dip-slip and strike-slip), folds (anticline and syncline), and features along faults and folds. The course teaches skills such as identifying fault and fold structures, understanding stress and strain in rocks, and interpreting mountain belt diagrams. The teaching method includes lecture-style explanations and visual aids. The intended audience for this course includes geology enthusiasts, students, and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of rock deformation processes.
Syllabus
Introduction
What causes rock to deform
What is stress
What is strain
How do rocks deform
Folds
Anticlines and Synclines
Mountain Belt Diagram
Angular Unconformity
Fold Axis
Anticline
Syncline
Dome and Basin
Michigan Basin
Monoclines
Faults Joints
Fault Anatomy
Normal Faults
Fault Block Mountains
Reverse Faults
Thrust Fault
Lewis Thrust Fault
Strike Slip Fault
Strike Slip Features
Transform Faults
Strike Slip Structures
Sag Ponds
Popup Structures
San Andreas Fault
Taught by
Earth and Space Sciences X