GS351/451 - Structural Geology and Tectonics/Earth Structure

Contents

Links
Web-based supplements
(on EarthStructure's homepage)

Instructors and Contacts

Ben A. van der Pluijm, 4534b CC Little Building; vdpluijm@umich.edu; office hours: by appointment
Josep M. Pares, 4506 CC Little Building; jmpares@umich.edu; office hours: by appointment
GSI: Sam Haines, 4534f CC Little Building; email; office hours: TBD

CourseTools website: https://ctools.umich.edu

Texts

You should consider ordering course texts from the internet, which can offer considerable savings. Use this link to see prices for ES2 and this link for SA&S2.

	EarthStructure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics (2nd edition) by Ben A. van der Pluijm and Stephen Marshak. WW Norton, 656 p., 2004; 0-393-92467-X Website
	Laboratory text: Structural Analysis and Synthesis (2nd ed) by Stephen Rowland and Ernest Duebendorfer. Blackwell, 279 p., 1994.

2005 Class Schedule (MWF, 9-10 am, 2520 CCL)

			Topic	Reading	Lab#	Instr
1	5-Jan	wed	Introduction and Primary structures	(1, 2)	1	vdP
2	7-Jan	fri	Joints, Veins I	7, 8, 10	1	vdP
3	10-Jan	mon	Faults I	7, 8, 10		vdP
4	12-Jan	wed	Faults II	7, 8, 10	2	vdP
5	14-Jan	fri	Folds I	7, 8, 10	2	vdP
	17-Jan	mon	No class (Martin Luther King Day)
6	19-Jan	wed	Folds II	7, 8, 10	3	vdP
7	21-Jan	fri	Foliations and Lineations I	7, 8, 10	3	vdP
8	24-Jan	mon	Foliations and Lineations II	11		vdP
9	26-Jan	wed	Force and stress I	3	4	vdP
10	28-Jan	fri	Force and stress II	3	4	vdP
	31-Jan	mon	Exam 1 (20% of final grade)
11	2-Feb	wed	Force and stress III	3	5	vdP
12	4-Feb	fri	Deformation I	4	5	vdP
13	7-Feb	mon	Deformation II	4		vdP
14	9-Feb	wed	Deformation III + Term paper topic due	4	6	vdP
15	11-Feb	fri	Rheology I	5	6	vdP
16	14-Feb	mon	Rheology II	5		vdP
17	16-Feb	wed	Rheology III	5	7	vdP
18	18-Feb	fri	Mechanics I	6	7	JP
19	21-Feb	mon	Mechanics II	6		JP
20	23-Feb	wed	Mechanics III	6	8	JP
21	25-Feb	fri	Ductile behavior I	9	8	JP
			SPRING BREAK
22	7-Mar	mon	Ductile behavior II	9		JP
23	9-Mar	wed	Deformation regimes I	9	9	JP
24	11-Mar	fri	Deformation regimes II	9	9	JP
25	14-Mar	mon	Fabrics, mylonites and shear-sense indicators I	12		JP
26	16-Mar	wed	Fabrics, mylonites and shear-sense indicators II	12	10	JP
27	18-Mar	fri	Folding and Foliations I	10	10	JP
28	21-Mar	mon	Folding and Foliations II	11		JP
	23-Mar	wed	Exam 2 (20% of final grade)		11
29	25-Mar	fri	Earth structure and Plate tectonics I	14,15	11	JP
30	28-Mar	mon	Earth structure and Plate tectonics II	14,15		JP
31	30-Mar	wed	Earth structure and Plate tectonics III	14,15	12	JP
32	1-Apr	fri	Extensional Tectonics + Term paper due	16	12	vdP/JP
33	4-Apr	mon	Convergence and Collision	17		vdP
34	6-Apr	wed	Convergence and Collision