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Structural Geology

Reading

Read and study chapter 10

Notes and Handouts

• Notes on structural geology (PDF file)

Presentation files

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Smart Figures

10.1 — Deformed sedimentary strata: https://goo.gl/vwWFKx

10.7 — Features associated with symmetrical folds: https://goo.gl/S9h2Ic

10.8 — Common types of folds: https://goo.gl/Xz0acg

10.9 — A plunging anticline: https://goo.gl/kgB5Qg

10.11 — Domes versus basins: https://goo.gl/9PJtjY

10.14 — The East Kaibab Monocline, Arizona: https://goo.gl/4FVx8Y

10.15 — Faults are fractures along which slip has occurred: https://goo.gl/vFFfSV

10.16 — Hanging wall block and footwall block: https://goo.gl/RblGZH

10.17 — Normal dip-slip faults: https://goo.gl/FzUys7

10.18 — Normal faulting in the Basin and Range Province: https://goo.gl/FbBhca

10.19 — Reverse faults: https://goo.gl/6ngGC7

10.20 — Development of the Lewis Thrust Fault: https://goo.gl/0gl6HB

10.22 — Oblique-slip faults: https://goo.gl/09SLpI

Vocabulary to learn

Consult your textbook or lecture notes for definitions. Remember that the best general source of definitions in geology is the AGI Glossary of Geology.

Study Questions

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