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Course Catalog 01/02


Environmental Engineering

SBL004 Tectonics 3.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter III

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Lennart Widenfalk Bitr prof


PREREQUISITES
SBL001 (or equivalent), Basic geology

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 3.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Park, R.G.: Foundations of Structural Geology, Blackie, New York 1997 (135 p).

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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