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Decks in this class (16)

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

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