Ε6210 - MICROTECTONICS AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

INSTRUCTORS

COURSE KEY ELEMENTS

COURSE CONTENT:

A. Lectures

• Basic concepts and methods. The working framework of Microtectonics.
• Tectonic flow and deformation.
• Deformation mechanisms.
• Deformation – metamorphism relationship.
• Foliations.
• Lineations.
• Fault Rocks.
• Shear zones.
• Porphyroblasts Veins, pressure shadows, pressure fringes, boudins.
• Sampling and making thin sections.

B. Practical Exercises:

The main fields presented and developed during the course are the following:

Part I - Identification, description and analysis of microstructures from petrological samples of various types of deformed rocks

Part B - Identification, description and analysis of microstructures from thin sections under the microscope. Deformation phases and metamorphic events

Part C - Exercises with tectonic maps. Microstructures and tectonic analysis

C. Field (Outdoor) Exercises

ONE DAY FIELD EXCERCISES: (Identification, description and analysis of microstructures and elements of tectonic fabric in the countryside. Taking and processing measurements of tectonic elements. Taking oriented samples for constructing thin sections and studying under the microscope. Construction of geological - tectonic map.)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES - TEACHING METHODS:

PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

The assessment process is conducted in Greek (there is the possibility of examination in English for Erasmus students), either with progressive exams in separate sections of the course content or with the final examination of the entire course material which includes:

I. LECTURES (50%)

• Oral Examination and/or
• Written Exam with Short Answer Questions and Multiple Choice Test and/or
• Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions

II. PRACTICE EXERCISES (35%)

• Written exam with Solving Exercises and Problems

ΙII. FIELD EXERCISES (15%)

• Oral examination in the field and with evaluation of required Report or Essay

The evaluation criteria of the course and the participation rates are described in the Chapter «3.3 Evaluation Criteria » of this syllabus and student handbook.

• Auxiliary material (questions, exercises, etc.) for the exams is posted on the online e-Class platform               

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Texts in Greek

• LOZIOS S and SOUKIS K., 2014. Introduction to Microtectonics, 158 pp.

Suggested Bibliography

• M. W. Higgins. Cataclastic Rocks. Geol. Surv. Profession. Paper 687. USA Gov. Print. Office, Washington 1971.
• R. H. Sibson. Fault Rocks and Fault Mechanisms. Geol. Soc. London, 133, 191-213, Great Britain 1977.
• G. J. Borradaile, M. B. Bayly & C. McA. Powell. Atlas of Deformational and metamorphic
• Rock Fabricks. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982.
• J. G. Ramsay. The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology. Volume 1: Strain Analysis, Volume 2: Folds and Fractures. Academic Press 1983, 1987.
• D. U. Wise, D. E. Dunn, J. T. Engelder, P. A. Geiser, R. D. Hatcher, S. A. Kish, A. L. Odom & S. Schamel. Fault-related rocks. Suggestions for terminology. Geology, 12/7, 391-394, 1984.
• N.J. Price & J.W. Cosgrove. Analysis of Geological Structures. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
• S. Sengupta. Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales. Chapman & Hall. 1997.
• T. Blenkinsop. Deformation Microstructures and Mechanisms in Mineral and Rocks. Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000.
• R. H. Vernon. A practical guide to Rock Microstructure. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2004.
• C.W. Passchier & R.A.J. Trouw. Microtectonics. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
• G. H. Davis & S. J. Reynolds. Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions. John Wiley 7 Sons, Inc. 2012.
• H. Fossen. Structural Geology. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2016.

¹ V.S.: Visitor Students (e.g. ERASMUS)