EASC 328 — Structural Geology and Tectonics
Earth Science · University of Ghana
Descriptive, kinematic, and dynamic analysis of geologic structures; field identification of geological structures; types of deformation and related structures. Plate tectonics and relationship to the tectonic stresses affecting the earth. Detailed description of thrusts systems and associated structures. Strike-slip faults and second order wrench structures. Extensional tectonics and continental rifts. Structural characteristics of continental rifts and the relationship between individual normal faults. Transfer zones between individual normal faults and between half grabens. Structural inversion.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- EASC 310 — Geological Field Methods II
- EASC 317 — Environmental Geochemistry
- EASC 321 — Environmental Pollution
- EASC 323 — Soil Mechanics
- EASC 324 — Economic Geology
- EASC 325 — Fundamentals of Hydrogeology and Hydrology
- EASC 326 — Aerial Photo Interpretation
- EASC 331 — Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences
- EASC 332 — Introduction to Petroleum Geology
- EASC 333 — Environmental Impact Assessment
- EASC 334 — Organic Geochemistry
- EASC 335 — Applied Geophysics
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).