Docsity
Docsity

Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity


Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan


Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips

Kinematics - Structural Geology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Geology

In these lecture slides, following are the main points that have been discussed : Kinematics, Mechanics, Folds, Axial Surface, Hinge Line, Fold Attitude, Fold Asymmetry, Kinematic Models, Flexural Folding, Fold Wavelength

Typology: Slides

2012/2013
On special offer
30 Points
Discount

Limited-time offer


Uploaded on 07/22/2013

sangeeta
sangeeta 🇮🇳

4.8

(12)

71 documents

1 / 4

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
1
Folds
Kinematics & Mechanics
Geol342
J. Toro
Many diagrams are from Earth Structure, van der Pluijm and Marshak, 2004
Outline
Fold Geometry
Axial surface
Hinge line
Map patterns of folds
Fold Attitude
Fold Asymmetry- vergence
Kinematic Models
Flexural folding
Buckling
Bending
Flexural Slip Folding
Forced folds
Shear folding
Ductile flow
Controls on fold wavelength
Thickness
Mechanical contrast
Why do we care about folds? Folded Rock
Syncline Anticline
Docsity.com
pf3
pf4
Discount

On special offer

Partial preview of the text

Download Kinematics - Structural Geology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Geology in PDF only on Docsity!

Folds

Kinematics & Mechanics

Geol

J. Toro

Many diagrams are from Earth Structure, van der Pluijm and Marshak, 2004

Outline

  • Fold Geometry
    • Axial surface
    • Hinge line
  • Map patterns of folds
  • Fold Attitude
  • Fold Asymmetry- vergence
  • Kinematic Models
    • Flexural folding
      • Buckling
      • Bending
      • Flexural Slip Folding
      • Forced folds
    • Shear folding
      • Ductile flow
  • Controls on fold wavelength
    • Thickness
    • Mechanical contrast

Why do we care about folds?

Folded Rock

Syncline Anticline

2

Map Patterns of Folded rocks Sheep Mountain-Wyoming

Western

PA

4

Fold Asymmetry-Vergence

Related to sense of shear Vergence

Fold sets: Parasitic folds

Re-folded Folds