Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.113 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Structural Geology 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. B. Clark Burchfiel

  Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor:
  Christopher Studnicki-Gizbert

   
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  12.113 Structural Geology
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

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  Course Description

  
  
  

  Structural geology is the study of processes and products of rock deformation. This course introduces the techniques of structural geology through a survey of the mechanics of rock deformation, a survey of the features and geometries of faults and folds, and techniques of strain analysis. Regional structural geology and tectonics are introduced. Class lectures are supplemented by lab exercises and demonstrations as well as field trips to local outcrops.