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| GEOL0029-5 | Tectonics
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| Duration : | 40h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Olivier Bolle |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| (1) Stress and infinitesimal strain.
(2) Rheological laws (laboratory tests and modeling of continuous deformation).
(3) Analysis of finite strain (homogeneous deformation in 2D and 3D, reconstruction of the finite strain ellipsoid).
(4) Study of brittle deformation: laboratory tests and failure criteria, joints, tension gashes and faults.
(5) Study of ductile deformation: the mechanisms of ductile deformation at the mineral scale, cleavage and lineation, boudinage, shear zones, folds (geometric analysis, folding process, secondary structures in folds). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Recognition and interpretation of tectonic structures, from the scale of the thin section to the regional scale (map). Understanding of scientific publications on the subject, either in French or in English. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Prerequisite: course of General Geology. There is no recommended optional programme component. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Theoretical lectures, using a Power Point presentation. Practical works of two types: (1) exercises and (2) recognition and interpretation of tectonic structures based on different materials (samples, photographs, maps). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommended readings:
(1) Gidon, M. (1987). Les structures tectoniques. Manuels & Méthodes 15, B.R.G.M., Orléans, 206 p.
(2) Mercier, J. & Vergely, P. (1999). Tectonique (2nd ed.). Dunod, Paris, 206 p.
(3) Ramsay, J.G. & Huber, M.I. (1983). The techniques of modern structural geology. Academic Press, Londres, 700 p. (in 2 Vol.).
(4) Twiss, R.J. & Moores, E.M. (2007). Structural geology (2nd ed.). Freeman and Company, New York, 736 p.
There are currently no lecture notes. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Examination in two parts: a written part (one exercice) and an oral part (one theoretical question and a recognition of tectonic structures from samples and photographs). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Olivier Bolle
Dpt. of Geology - Bd. du Rectorat, 15 (B20) - 4000 Liège
E-mail address: olivier.bolle@ulg.ac.be
Phone: +32 4 3662260
Fax: +32 4 3662921 |
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