This unit considers the processes by which rocks become deformed and altered in response to physical conditions in the Earth's crust, such as stress, geothermal gradient and burial history. Scales range from microscopic to regional. Practical work comprises exercises on geometrical and kinematic analysis of brittle and ductile structures; superposed folding; reconstruction of large structures; deformational and metamorphic textures; metamorphic mineral assemblages; and laboratory work on structural and metamorphic styles in different tectonic environments (convergent, wrench and extensional). The first on campus day is compulsory. The later two are optional. -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Nathan Daczko, Dr Sandra Piazolo
Prerequisites: (GEOS207 or GEOS230) and (GEOS226 or GEOS272)