Lecture times: Mondays and Wednesdays 10.30 - 11.30 p.m. Room E202 

Lecturer: Dr. Juan Lorenzo, Room 215 (Old Building) e-mail: juan@geol.lsu.edu 

Present and past lectures and field trips are available at HOMEPAGE

Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays by appointment 

Teaching Assistants: Brian Hampton Office hours: and Jaime Curry Office hours: M/W 12:45-2pm

Lecture textbook Davis, G.H. and Reynolds, S.J. 1996. Structural Geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and Sons, 2nd ed. 776 pp. 

Wed 19 Folds Ch. 7 

Mon 24 No class

Wed 26 No class

(GEOL 3011 Field Trip on January 29 Sat)

Mon 31 Folds Ch. 7

Wed 2  Folds Ch. 6

Mon 7  Faults Ch. 6

Wed 9 Faults Ch. 6

Feb. 11-13 (Fri-Sun) Field Trip to Lake Ouachita, AK

Mon 14 Faults Ch. 6

Wed 16 review session
 

Mon 20   MIDTERM EXAM 1

Wed 22 Faults Ch. 6
 

(GEOL 3011 Field Trip on February 25-27 (Fri-Sun).

Mon 1   Faults Ch. 6

Wed 3  Folds and Foliation Chs. 6-7

No class on Mon., Mar. 6 and Wed. Feb 8 (Mardi Gras Holidays until NOON on Wednesday)

Mon 8  Folds and foliation Chs. 6-7

Wed 10 Folds and their foliation Chs. 6-7

Mar 10 Lake Ouachita, AK, field trip report due.

Mar 11 (Sat) Field Trip to Pond, MS

Mon 13 Folds and their foliation Chs. 6-7

Wed 15 Joints Ch. 5

Mon 20 Joints Ch. 5

Wed 22 Joints Ch. 5

Spring Break March 27 (Mon)- April 2(Sat)

Mon 3  class

Thursday, April 6 - Sunday, April 9FIELD TRIP to Alabama with University of South Florida

Wed 5  Review Session

Wednesday, April 5, Pon, MS field trip report due

April 6-9 (Field Trip to Alabama: Thu-Sunday)

Mon 10  MIDTERM EXAM II

Wed 12  Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Mon 17  Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Wed 19  Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Mon 24 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 3

Wed 26 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 3

Wednesday, April 26, Alabama field trip report due

Mon 1 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 3

Wed 3 Review session 

Tentative dates for Final Exams: Lectures ~Fri May 12 10 - noon. Labs ~ Wednesday May 3 9.00 a.m. - noon 

Field trips are obligatory and an essential part of the course. 

1. The "Garden of Art", LSU: Tue., February 1, 2000. 

2. Field Trip to Lake Ouachita, AK Feb 11-13, Friday-Sunday 

3. Tunica Hills, Mississippi: March 11, 2000

4. Alabama: April 6-9 (Field Trip to Alabama: Thursday-Sunday) 

Course lecture and lab assignments are due at the beginning of the second class period after they are handed. 

Field trips are accompanied by written assignments due at the beginning of class on the dates specified in the course outline. 

Please hand in your assignments on time. Because of the large number of students in the class, late assignments will NOT be accepted for grading.

Please, contact your instructors if you foresee any problems in meeting the requirements of this class.

There are two (2) Midterm exams and one Final exam on both the lectures and laboratory exercises. 

There are no makeup exams. The Final exam is comprehensive. 

Final Grade

Each student's final grade (100%) will be calculated as follows: 

10% from Lecture Midterm exams + 10% from Lab Midterm exams 

20% from lab homework + 

30 % for field assignments. 

15 % for Final Lecture exam and 15% for Final Lab exam 

Letter grades will reflect the following final marks: 

A 90-100, B 75-89.4, C 60-74.4, D 50-59.4, F less than 50.