Geosc 508 (3.0 credits) Spring
Term, 2007
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Instructor: |
Prof.
Chris Marone |
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536
Deike, 8-7964 |
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cjm@geosc.psu.edu |
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Text/Reading: |
Scholz,
C.H., The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 2002. |
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Handouts
and papers from the literature. |
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Class
meetings: |
W
F 8:30A – 9:45A 541 Deike Building |
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Problem
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Problem
sets will be given periodically. |
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Student
Presentations: |
One
class meeting per week will involve student presentations. At the beginning of term these will
involve material from the text.
Please come to the class meeting prepared (with overheads, powerpoint,
or detailed notes to use for the blackboard) to lead a discussion of the
material. Later in the term, we
will have one project presentation per week. |
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Exams: |
Take-home
final. |
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Project/Paper: |
A
one page summary of your course project is due the week of Feb 26th. The project will involve data
gathering via laboratory experiments or a related area and can be on any aspect
of the course. |
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Grades: |
The
course grade will be determined from: problem sets, class presentations,
project/project presentation, and the exam. |
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Additional
reading: |
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Mandl,
G., Mechanics of Tectonic
Faulting, Elsevier, 1988. Especially useful for Mohr stress
analysis, field examples, and fault mechanics. |
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Bowden,
F. P. and D. Tabor, The Friction
and Lubrication of Solids, Part I (1950), and Part II, (1964) Oxford Press. |
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Lawn,
B. R., Fracture of brittle
solids, Cambridge, 1993. |
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Stacey,
F. D., Physics of the Earth, Brookfield Press, Brisbane, Australia, 1992. May be useful for
background information and example problems. |
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Nye,
J. F., Physical Properties of
Crystals, Oxford, 1957. Useful for
general background in crystal physics and tensor analysis. |
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