Not open to students who have earned credit for GEO 462. Offered alternate spring semesters or according to demand. GEO 564 Structural Validation and Modeling. Theory and techniques for validating and modeling maps and cross-sections. Includes balance and restoration of cross-sections, and derivation and use of predictive geometric and kinematic models.
Practical problem solving is emphasized.
Offered alternate years. GEO 565 Comparative Structural Geology. Offered every year. An examination of the relationships between sedimentary processes and facies. Emphasis is on use of lateral and vertical changes in sediment composition, texture, and structures to identify environments of deposition within the various clastic depositional systems.