Engelska Studiehandboken kurser

Environmental Planning and Design

SBL004 Tectonics 3.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: Quarter III

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
L Widenfalk Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
SBL001 (or equivalent).

COURSE AIM
The course will provide the basic tools for structural analysis of rocks and regions.

CONTENTS
Platetectonics: Diverging plateboundaries and ocean floor spreading. Plate boundaries at fracture zones. Converging plate boundaries and collision zones. The distribution of the continents and their movements. Structural analysis: Descriptive geometric analysis inkluding mapping and stereographic projection. Stress and Strain. Kinematiic och dynamic analysis. Primary structures: Primary sedimentary and volcanic structures used for structural analysis Secondary structures: Normal and reversed faults, thrusts and nappes, Strike-slip faults. Stress distribution at faults. Folding, lineation and schistosity. Fractures and joints.

TEACHING
Tutorial including practicals.

EXAMINATION
Project work and written examination at the end of the course.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Written exam                                                	3.0ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Park, R.G.: Foundations of Structural Geology, Blackie, New York 1983 (135 p).

REMARKS
This course is offered only after discussion with the examiner and the academic advisor.
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