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Many of the manuals and notes below were developed by Rod Holcombe for specific courses at the University of Queensland. These courses are now taught by Dr Gideon Rosenbaum and the content shown here is not necessarily that of the current courses. Thus the categories now given here are by generic class Level rather than by specific course code.
Part 1 - Building mountains [~5500kb]
Part 2 - Structures [~4900kb]
The following set of files contain the Theory Notes and Practical Manual for ERTH2004.
ERTH2004
Course Outline (2004, the last year given by Rod Holcombe [~310Kb]
ERTH2004
Theory notes [~4.7Mb]
ERTH2004
Practical Notes [~3.3Mb]
The following set of links are to Powerpoint slides used in Second Level lectures
Intro
lecture [~350kb]
Orientation
conventions and stereographic projections [~460kb]
Introduction
to deformation and flow theory [~680kb]
Strain
Theory [~700kb]
Stress
and fracture theory [~460kb]
Faults
and Faulting (1) [1300kb]
Faults
and Faulting (2) [1500kb]
Fold
style and geometry [1300kb]
Folding
theory [1000kb]
Fabrics: foliations [1000kb]
Fabrics: lineations [900kb]
Outcrop interpretation [800 kb]
Younging criteria from sedimentary and igneous structures [1200 kb]
Field and map procedures [1300 kb]
Answers
to assigned strain, stress, fracture questions [1800kb]
Example theory exam [210kb]
Example theory exam answered [670kb]
Photo
of folded lab project specimen [~750kb
Photo
of boudinaged lab project specimen [~500kb]
The following files contain the Theory Notes and Practical Manual for ERTH3060.
ERTH3060
Course outline (for 2004, the last year taught by RJH) [~250kb]
ERTH3060
Theory notes [~6.5Mb]
ERTH3060
Practical Manual [~5.4Mb]
The following set of links are to Powerpoint slides used in 3rd Level lectures
Intro Lecture [~260 kb]
Strain Measurement [~600kb]
Single generation fabrics [~500 kb]
Overprinting & multiple generation fabrics [~700kb]
Geometrical
analysis of structures [~1800kb]
Flow theory [~700kb]
Shear
Zones [~950kb]
Sense-of-shear
indicators [~1100kb]
Metamorphic-structural overprinting and timing [~1300kb]
Microstructure_and_deformation_mechanisms [1400 kb]
Syntectonic magmatism [310 kb]
Workshop on GIS & digital map fundamentals [1.9 Mb]
Data for Course module on digital mapping/GIS [~9.5Mb]
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Date created: 22 June 2000
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