Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
State University of New York at Albany

GEO 330, 332  --  Structural Geology I, and Lab --  Spring 2008

MWF 11.30-12.25 - ES 232;
Lab [GEO 332]- Friday 1.40-3.40 - ES B18.
Instructor: W.S.F. Kidd ES 315; office hours M 2.30-4.30 and by appointment
TA’s:  Antonios Marsellos (ES 339B); Jen Gillen (ES339C)
 available by appointment and in office hours (Marsellos: T 9-11; Gillen W 10:20-11:20,  F 12:35-1:35).

Text: There is no required text; Davis and Reynolds, Structural Geology of rocks and regions is recommended, and readings will be assigned from it.

Assessment:
        Test 1 - Friday 15th February, 11.30-12.25, ES 232       25%
        Test 2 - Monday 10th March, 11.30-12.25, ES 232        25%
        Test 3 – Monday 7th April, 11.30-12.25, ES 232           25%
        Test 4a - Friday 25th April 11.30-12.05, ES 232            15%      
        Test 4b – Monday 5th May 11.30-11.55, ES 232           10%

Test 1 will be on topics from Part 1 - Material behaviour and brittle fractures, covered in the lectures up to (about) 13th February.
Test 2 will be on topics of Part 2 - Faults and folds, covered in lectures from about 20th February to 7th March.
Test 3 will be on topics of Part 3 - Ductile fabrics and metamorphic structures, covered in lectures from about 12th March to 4th April.
Tests 4a and 4b will be on topics of Part 4 – Strain markers and strain geometry etc., covered in lectures from about 7th April to 2nd May.

For GEO 330 alone, exams together are totalled for the overall grade.

Lab exercises [GEO 332]: Most labs will require turning in work based on part or all of any particular lab. Announcement of what is required will be made in the individual labs.
Deadline for turning in lab exercises will be 5pm Wednesday following each lab. Overall grade is based on accumulated total from all the labs.

Certain lab exercises will involve using the computers in ES B13.
Note: No lectures on: Feb 18; Mar 21-28; Apr 21.
    No lab on 25 Jan; 15 Feb; [21 Mar; 28 Mar]; 2 May.

Field Excursions for Structural Geology [GEO 331]
Structural Geology I index page

Albany Geological Sciences Program index page