Undergraduate Course: Active Tectonics (EASC10032)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Earth Science |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course comprises lecture and discussion sessions. Its content is as follows:
a) Nucleation and growth of faults - displacement length relationship (extension of 3rd-year material), background information on rock mechanics, theoretical models for fault growth.
b) Interpreting faults in seismic data. Models for predicting sub-seismic fault populations; fault size-frequency distributions.
c) Growth of faults by interaction and linkage.
d) Relationship between faults and earthquakes; effect of fault segmentation on rupture termination; earthquake clustering and recurrence.
e) In-situ state of stress; geological strain rates determined from earthquakes and GPS.
f) Interaction between drainage and tectonics, implications for sediment accumulation, particularly in extensional basins. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The course objectives are to acquaint the student with the basic concepts of fault formation and growth, and to discuss the implications for structural geometries at different scales, rift basin formation, and patterns of earthquake recurrence. |
Assessment Information
| CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Patience Cowie
Tel: (0131 6)50 5886
Email: Patience.Cowie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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