Tentative Syllabus
| week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday | Lab |
| 1 (3/29) | Introduction to course | Contacts homework 1 due |
Outcrop Patterns | Geometrical Principles |
| 2 (4/5) | Introduction to stress | Mohr Circle for stress | Finish stress; faults | Geometrical Principles |
| 3 (4/12) | Faults--Normal faults homework 2 due |
Normal, Thrust faults | Thrust faults | Cross-Sections |
| 4 (4/19) | Strike-slip faults homework 3 due |
Strike-slip faults, fractures | High vs. Low T structures | Cross-Sections |
| 5 (4/26) | Ray Weldon--active faulting |
Midterm Review | Midterm Exam |
Maps |
| 6 (5/3) | Brittle-ductile trans | Brittle-ductile transition |
Fold geometries |
Maps |
| 7 (5/10) | Intro. to Stereonets Homework 4 due |
Stereonets | Folds and folding Homework 5 due |
Stereonets |
| 8 (5/17) | Deformation Mechs. | Deformation Mechs. | Small-scale Structures | Stereonets |
| 9 (5/24) | Memorial Day | Small-scale Structures | Small-scale Structures | Small-scale Structs. |
| 10 (5/31) | Intro to Tectonics |
Intro to Tectonics | Course Review | Small-scale Structs. |
**For detailed, weekly syllabi, click here--or, for a particular week, click on the highlighted week number on the left hand side of this syllabus.
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