| Course Title: Structural Geology and Orogenesis |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: This course covers the basic techniques of field geology and structural analysis. Lectures concentrate on field techniques, stress, strain, faulting, folding, rock strength, deformation mechanisms, and multidisciplinary approaches to mountain building (orogenesis). Weekly writing assignments focus on presenting original research and distinguishing between observations and interpretations. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Michelle Markley | 413-538-2814 | mmarkley@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 301 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits from Geology including GEOL-201. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Structural Geology Author: Fossen, Haakon Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781107057647 Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
Recommended | 99.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You will need to use a structural geology textbook for this class. Fossen (recommended above) is the best one available. This other (optional) textbook is free because LITS got us an unlimited online license: Foundations of Structural Geology (Third Edition), R.G. Park, 1997 (Routledge, London. 214 pages; eBook ISBN9780203825112). The book is old and useful. Chapters are relatively short with some helpful line drawings and black&white photos (of rocks!). You should be able to read it as often as you like this semester, for free. Here is the link (link works once you have signed into LITS using your MHC email and password): https://doi-org.proxy.mtholyoke.edu:2443/10.4324/9780203825112 |