(Geology 2071)
Spring 1996
Juan M. Lorenzo
Dept. Geology and Geophysics
1. COURSE LECTURE OUTLINE
Lecture times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00 - 10.30 a.m. Room E217
Lecturer: Dr. Juan Lorenzo, Room 215 (Old Building) e-mail: juan@.geol.lsu.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10.30 p.m. - noon and by appointment
Teaching Assistants: Kush Tandon and Brandt Temple
Lecture textbook
Davis, G.H., 1985. Structural geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and Sons, 492 pp.
JANUARY
Tue 16 Introduction
Thu 18 Plate Tectonics Ch. 6
Tue 23 Plate Tectonics Ch. 6
Thu 25 Plate Tectonics Ch. 6
Tue 30 Plate Tectonics Ch. 6
FEBRUARY
Thu 1 Faults Ch. 9
Tue 6 Faults Ch. 9
Thu 8 Faults Ch. 9
Tue 13 review session
Thu 15 MIDTERM EXAM 1
Tue 20 Mardi Gras Holiday
Thu 22 Faults
Sat 24 FIELD TRIPto Fort Adams
Tue 27 Folds Ch. 11
Thu 29 Folds Ch. 11
MARCH
Tue 5 Folds Ch. 11
Thu 7 Folds Ch. 11
Tue 12 Folds Ch. 11
(Fort Adams field trip report due on Wed 13)
Thu 14 Folds Ch. 11
Tue 19 Folds and Foliation Ch. 11
Thu 21 Cleavage, Lineation and Foliations Ch. 12
Tue 26 Review session
March 28 - March 31 (Thu - Sun) FIELD TRIP to Alabama with University of South Florida Dr. Jefferey G. Ryan
APRIL
Tue 2 - no class Spring Break April 1-5
Tue 9 MID-TERM EXAM 2
Thu 11 Joints Ch. 10
Tue 16 Kinematic Analysis Ch. 2,3,4
Thu 18 Kinematic Analysis Ch. 4
Tue 23 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 5
(Alabama field trip report due, Wed. 24)
Thu 25 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 5
Tue 30 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 5<
MAY
Thu 2 Review Session
Tue 7 Exam
Final Exams: Lectures: Tuesday May 7 7.30 - 9.00 a.m.
Lab Friday May 3 12.30 - 3.30 p.m.
2. FIELDTRIPS
Field trips are obligatory and an essential part of the course.
1. The "Garden of Art", LSU: , , 1996
Aim: azimuths, simple mapping techniques, orientation in the field
2. Tunica Hills, LA: Sat. February, 24 1996
Aim: Mapping simple structures inthe field
Prerequisites: understanding of strike, dip, orientation skills. Labs
3. Alabama: thursdayt-Sunday 28th March- 1April , 1996
Aim: Look at rocks and map geological structures.
3. ASSIGNMENTS FOR LECTURES, LABS AND FIELDTRIPS
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. Late assignments will not be accepted for grading.
Please, contact your instructors if you foresee any problems in meeting the requirements of this class.
4. EXAMS
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 +
20 % for field assignments + 40% from final lab and lecture exams
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.