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

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment 

Teaching Assistants: Jaime Curry (graduate student) and Dan McGinn

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

Thu 22 Contour Maps

Tue 27 Lab 2 Geological terminology. Stratigraphic column. 

Use of a Brunton compass. Geological Cross-sections

Thu 29  FIELD TRIPOrienteering and map-making in the "Garden of Art" Use of a Brunton compass.
 

Thu 5 Lab 3 True dips from apparent dips 

Tue 10 Lab 4 3-point problem for planes: strike and dip 

Thu 12 Lab 5Outcrop patterns & true dips in geological maps 

Tue 17    Quadrangle Cross-Section

Thu 19 3-point strikes and dips, and plunges/review session

Mardi Gras Holidays: Feb. 23 - Feb 24

Thu 26 MIDTERM EXAM 1

Sat Feb 28 FIELD TRIP to Fort Adams
 
 

Thu 5 Quadrangle Cross-Section

Tue 10 Quadrangle Cross-Section

Thu 12 Lab 6 Geological cross-section 

Tue 17 Lab 7  Rakes of mineralization lineations

Thu 19 Lab 8 Stereographic projections: Planes and lines

(Fort Adams field trip report due) 

Spring Break March 23 - 28

Tue 31 Lab 8 continued

Tue 7 Review session

Thu 9 MIDTERM EXAM II

Tue 14 Lab 11 Stereographic interpretation- cleavage and folds

Thu 16 Lab 12 Geological map interpretation (klippen, sheared folds)

Tue 21 Lab 12 continued

Thu 23 Lab 13 Stereographic interpretation, Geological map interpretation, Fold type

Tue 28 Lab 14 Stereographic interpretations/ Geological Map interpretation 

(Alabama field trip report due)

Thu 30 Lab 15 Advanced cross-sections
 

Thu 7 Review session

Final Lab Exam: T.B.A. 

(1) Mon May 11 3.00 p.m. - 6.00p.m. or 6.00 - 9..00 p.m. or

(2) Wed May 13 7.00 p.m. - 11.00 p.m. or