Lecture times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. Room E208

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

Lectures are available at http://www.geol.lsu.edu/juan/index.html

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment

Teaching Assistants: Kush Tandon and John Robalin

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

Tue 14 Introduction

Thu 16 Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Tue 21 Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Thu 23 Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Tue 28 Plate Tectonics Ch. 10

Thu 30 Faults Ch. 6

Tue 4 Faults Ch. 6

Thu 6 Faults Ch. 6

Tue 11 no lecture class or lab- Mardi Gras holiday

Thu 13 Faults Ch. 6

Tue 18 review session

Thu 20 MIDTERM EXAM 1

Tue 25 Faults Ch. 6

Thu 27 Faults Ch. 6
 
 

Sat 1 FIELD TRIP to Fort Adams

Tue 4 Folds Ch. 7

Thu 6 Folds Ch. 7

Tue 11 Folds Ch. 7

Thu 13 Folds Ch. 7

Tue 18 Folds Ch. 7

Thu 20 Review Session
(Fort Adams field trip report due)

Tue 25 no class -- Spring Break March 24-28

Fri. 28- Tue 1 FIELD TRIP moved to April 18-20

Tue 1 Cleavage, Foliation and Lineation Ch. 8. See slides

Thu 3 MIDTERM EXAM II

Tue 8 No class

Thu 10 Joints Ch. 5. See slides

Tue 15 Kinematic AnalysisCh. 2

Thu 17 Kinematic AnalysisCh. 2

Friday 18-Sunday 20 FIELD TRIP

Tue 22 Dynamic Analysis Ch. 3

Thu 24 Dynamic Analysis Ch.

Tue 29 Dynamic Analysis Ch.

Thu 1 Review session
(Lake Ouachita field trip report due, Thu. 1)

Final Exams: Lectures: Thur May 8 8.00 a.m. - 9.30 a.m.

Lab: ~ Tue May 6 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

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

1. The "Garden of Art", LSU: Tue., January 21, 1997.

Aim: azimuths, simple mapping techniques, orientation in the field

2. Tunica Hills, LA: Sat., March 1, 1997.

Aim: Mapping simple structures in the field

Prerequisites: understanding of strike, dip, orientation skills. Labs

3. Lake Ouachita, Friday -Sunday 18-20 April , 1997.

Aim: Look at rocks and map geological structures.

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.

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.

15 % for Final Lecture exam and 25% 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.
This page was last updated 17 April 1997