Geology 341 Structural Geology Fall 2016

Instructor: Dr. Jaime Toro

Office: G39 Brooks Hall Phone: 293-9817 email: jtoro@wvu.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday at 11:30-12:30 p.m. or by appointment.

T.A. Patrick Frier wpfrier@mix.wvu.edu Office: G42

Greg Hammond gjhammond@mix.wvu.edu Office: G42

Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00-11:15, Brooks Hall G25

Lab: Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, 2:30-4:20, Brooks Hall 309

Texts: Lecture: Structural Geology, by Haakon Fossen

Lab: Package of photocopies available at the Bookstore.

Website: http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~jtoro Follow the link for Geol341

Prerequisites: Geology 103, 104, 285, Math 128 (Trigonometry), Physics 101 or 111,

Grades: Lecture: 60% = Test 1 18 %

Test 2 18 %
Final 18 %
Attendance 6%
Lab and 3 Fieldtrips: 40%

Attendance: Required in Lecture, Lab, and Field Trips.

Goals of this class:

1. To gain an understanding of the structures of the Earth’s crust and the processes that
create them.
2. To learn techniques for analyzing and interpreting geological structures.
3. To learn to make field observations and to draw conclusions about the structural and
tectonic history of an area.
 LECTURE SCHEDULE

V&M= Van der Pluijm and Marshak, Earth Structure

Date Introduction Reading
Aug. 18 Introduction to Structural Geology Ch. 1
Aug. 23 Structure of the Earth V&M p. 336-354, pdf on website
Aug. 25 Plate Tectonics Structural V&M, p. 355-367, pdf on website
Environments
Aug. 30 Basic Structural Relationships Review Structure chapter in your Geol101 textbook
Aug 27 Saturday Field Trip # 1- Mapping Joint Sets at Ch. 7, p. 138-152 Bring Compass, clipboard, calculator,
Aug 28 Sunday Otter Ck. swimming suit and Lunch
Aug 30 Geometry of Deformation Ch. 2
Sept 1 Strain Ch. 3
Sept 6 Stress I Ch. 4
Sept 8 Stress II, Mohr Circle Ch. 5
Sept. 13 Rheology: Material Properties Ch. 6
Sept 15 Stereonets Appendix B
Sept. 20 Review
Sept. 22 Test 1
Sept 24 Saturday Field Trip #2- Outcrop-scale Ch. 10, p. 238-246
Sept25 Sunday Structures- Hancock, MD Bring: notebook, pencil, compass, lunch
Sept. 27 Brittle Failure Ch. 7
Sept 29 Cracks, Veins, and Joints Ch. 7
Oct 4 Introduction to Faults Ch. 8
Oct 6 Thrust Faults I, Movie: sandbox Ch. 16
models
Oct 11 Fold and Thrust Belts Ch. 16
Oct 13 Normal Faults I, Movie: Sandbox Ch. 17
models
Oct 18 Normal Faults II, Extensional Ch. 17
tectonics
Oct 20 Strike Slip Faults Ch. 18
Oct. 22 Saturday Field Trip #3 Geological Mapping at Bring: Lunch, clipboard, hammer, compass, acid, hand
Oct. 23 Sunday Greenland Gap lens
Oct 25 Review
Oct 27 Test 2
Nov 1 Earthquakes and Elastic behavior Earthquake science link on website
Nov 3 Folds Ch. 11
Nov 8 Election Day
Nov. 10 Foliation and cleavage Ch. 12
Nov. 18 Deformation at the microscale Ch. 10
Nov 15 Salt Tectonics Ch. 19
Nov 17 Tectonics of sedimentary basins pdf on website See website
Nov 19-27 Thanksgiving Break
Nov 29 Structure in Petroleum Geology pdf on website
Dec 1 Open topic
Dec 6 Review
Dec. 13. Th 3:00 Final Exam
Geology 341 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY LAB Fall 2016

Lab hours: Mon, Tu, or Wed 2:30-4:20, Room 309 or 419

Instructors: Dr. Jaime Toro jtoro@wvu.edu Office: G39

Patrick Frier wpfrier@email.wm.edu Office: G42
Greg Hammond gjhammond@mix.wvu.edu Office: G42

Text: Package of photocopies available at the bookstore. You need to bring the appropriate handout to every lab and
field trip. “Rowland” refers to Structural Analysis and Synthesis by S. Rowland and E.M. Duebendorfer.

Grades: (40% of the total class grade) 12 labs + 3 field trips= All weighted equally

Attendance: Required. Many of the labs are difficult or impossible to make-up after the fact. Attendance to the field
trip is also required. Arrange your schedule now to make sure you are free!

Structural geology is a field-based, hands-on discipline. You will find that much of the learning in this class will take
place in the lab and during the field trips. For that reason, the laboratory portion is an integral part of the
course.

Each lab will be due at the beginning of the following lab session. Late labs are not acceptable. Partial credit will
only be given if the lab is turned in on time. If you are having trouble finishing the labs, talk to your TA.
Don't wait to the end of the semester. Because the Lab is such a large portion of the grade it can have
severe consequences if you don't turn in all the exercises.

You will need the following items at some point during the semester. Bring them to every lab:

 Geologist's compass with inclinometer and declination adjustment: You will need one for
Field Camp. Make sure it is an azimuth compass (0 to 360).
www.forestry-suppliers.com item#37036 Silva Ranger CL15 Azimuth (0-360°)
$46 (or equivalent).
An iphone app also will work such as Lambert or Field Move Clino
 Field Notebook- You will also need it for Field Camp. www.forestry-suppliers.com
item#49352 FB842 – 50% rag paper, ($8) is fine.
 Clipboard for field trips (get one with a small metal clip and a plastic cover if possible)
 Ruler
 Straight-edge
 Small Protractor
 Scissors
 Calculator with trig functions
 Hard Colored pencils (Cheap, hard Crayola Pencils work well)
 Tracing paper
 2 good quality Mechanical Pencils with 0.5mm HB lead. Pentel pencils are good.
 Scotch tape
 Black ink drafting pen or extra-fine point Sharpie
GEOLOGY 341 - Laboratory- Structural Geology Fall 2016

Lab Day Topic Reading

1 Aug 22, 23, Attitudes of Lines and Planes, Use of the Silva Rowland, Ch. 1
24 Compass Problems 1.1, 1.2, 1.4

Field Trip Aug 27, 28 Otter Creek- mapping of Joint Sets VDP&M, p.138-152 see
Bring Swim suit website
2 Aug 29, 30, Visualizing Simple Structures Computer lab 420
31 Geo Blocks 3D
3 Sep 12, 13, Strain Measurements Rowland, Ch. 14
14 Problems 14.1 , 14.2
Experiments 14.1, 14.4

4 Sept 19, 20, Stereographic Projections Rowland, Ch. 5

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Field Trip Sept 24 Sat Hancock, MD-Field description of folded rocks Fossen, p.220-226
Sept 25 Sun

No labs the week of GSA

5 Oct 3, 4, 5 Visualizing Geological Contacts and Outcrop Computer lab 420
Patterns Rowland, Ch. 2
Problems 2.2 and 2.4
6 Oct 10, 11, Interpretation of Geologic Maps Rowland, Ch. 3
12 Bring the Bree Ck.. Quadrangle assembled
7 Oct 17, 18, Geologic Structural Cross Sections I Rowland Ch.4
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Field Trip Sat. Oct. 24 Greenland Gap-Geological Mapping
Sun. Oct 25
8 Oct 26, 27, Making a Geological Map Use field trip data
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9 Oct 31, Nov Geologic Structural Cross Sections II Rowland, Ch. 4
1, 2, 7, 9
10 Nov 14, 15, Sandbox experiments, Faults Rowland, Ch. 9
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Thanksgiving Nov 19-27
11 Nov 28, 29, Subsurface Mapping Fossen, p. 396-399
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