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By: Josh Marsh
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Decks in this class (16)

Term 1 - Introduction
Ductile vs brittle,
Rock change terminology,
Deformation changes
13  cards
Term 1 - Finite strain, tectonite fabrics & volume change
Types of deformation,
Finite strain,
Homogeneous vs heterogeneous strain
14  cards
Term 1 - Progressive deformation, sense of shear & structural symmetry
Pure simple shear,
Kinematic vorticity,
Shear zones
6  cards
Term 1: : Extension, displacement gradients & infinitesimal strain
Vectors,
Relative displacement vectors
2  cards
Term 1 - Fold mechanisms + Analysis of fold geometries
3 basic configurations by which e...,
Layer parallel compression and co...,
Role of layer thickness during bu...
8  cards
Term 1 - Force, stress & tensile failure
Two fundamental types of force im...,
Stress,
Normal shear stresses
10  cards
Term 1 - Compressional failure: faulting & shear fracturing of dry rocks
Normal shear stresses,
Shear fractures faults,
Compressional failure in dry rocks
8  cards
Term 1 - Mohr circles, frictional sliding, pore fluid pressure, effective stress & hydraulic fracture
Fractures,
Andersonian faults shear fractures,
Slip on a pre existing fault
15  cards
Term 1: Tensile failure, fracture & fluid flow
Hydraulic tensile failure,
Tensile stress on a mohr diagram,
Tensile failure
17  cards
Term 2: Thrust and Orogenic belts
Orogeny basics,
Wilson cycle,
What is a thrust
23  cards
Term 2: Continental Extensional systems
A single normal fault,
Normal faults in 3d,
Slip rates on faults
21  cards
Term 2: Oblique-slip systems
Transpressional and transtensiona...,
Types of deformation in oblique s...,
Strike slip shuffle
9  cards
Term 2: Faults, Fractures and fractured crustal reservoirs
What is a fracture,
Characteristics of a single fracture,
Fracture type
19  cards
Term 2: Intrusions
Why are intrusions important,
General concept magma segregation,
General concept magma intrusion d...
5  cards
Term 2: Strike Slip systems
2 main classes of strike slip fault,
6 main sub types of strike slip f...,
Oceanic transforms
13  cards
Term 2 PPQ knowledge
Extension processes in continenta...,
Orogenic wedge destabilisation,
Gravitational orogenic collapse
22  cards

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