Dr. Michael J. Harrison

Contact

Office: 303 Kittrell Hall
Phone: (931)372-3751
Fax: (931)372-3363
Email: mharrison@tntech.edu

Department of Earth Sciences
Tennessee Technological University
Box 5062
Cookeville, TN 38505

GEOL 3230 Lectures (powerpoint files)

1-INTRODUCTION

2-WHOLE-EARTH STRUCTURE (Seismic Discontinuities)

3-WHOLE-EARTH STRUCTURE (Compositional Layers and Mantle Structure)

4- WHOLE-EARTH STRUCTURE (CONTINENTAL CRUST)

5-WHOLE-EARTH STRUCTURE (OCEANIC CRUST)

6-PLATE TECTONICS (CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND SEA FLOOR SPREADING)

7- PLATE TECTONICS (MARGINS AND MECHANISMS)

8- PLATE TECTONICS (SUBDUCTION)

9- PLATE TECTONICS (UPLIFT AND ISOSTASY)

10-EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS

11-Plate Tectonics and Mountains

12-COLLISIONAL OROGENS

13-FOLD-THRUST BELTS

14-STRIKE-SLIP TECTONICS

15-RHEOLOGY

16-BRITTLE DEFORMATION

17-BRITTLE STRUCTURES (JOINTS & VEINS)

18-BRITTLE STRUCTURES (FAULTS)

19-FORCE AND STRESS

20-STRAIN

21-DUCTILE DEFORMATION

22-DUCTILE STRUCTURES (FOLDS)

23-DUCTILE STRUCTURES (FOLIATIONS AND LINEATIONS)

24-DEFORMATION, METAMORPHISM, AND TIME

 

 

 

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TTU Department of Earth Sciences | P.O. Box 5062| Cookeville, TN 38505 | Phone: (931)372-3523 | Fax: (931)372-3363