GEL 219: Fracture and Flow of Rocks
Instructor: Magali Billen
Meeting Times: Monday 10:00-11:50 am (Durrell Room), Tuesday 11:00-11:50 am (Room 195)

Course Documents

Syllabus

Journal Article Reference List (last updated 10/01/07)

Lecture Notes & Homework

Note some links to lectures or homework won't work until the date they are given or assigned.

Article numbers refer to journal article reference list above.
If there is not a link then I'll try to scan in the article from the book as we get to these discussions.

Date and LectureDiscussion Articles   Homework Due Project Deadlines
Oct. 1: Lectures 1 and 2    
Oct. 2: Lecture 3      
Oct. 8: Discussion 1 and 6    
Oct. 9: Lecture 4   Homework 1 (solution)  
Oct. 15: Discussion 5 and 15    
Oct. 16: Lecture 5   Homework 2 (solution) Topic & 3 refs
Oct. 22: Discussion 4 and 7    
Oct. 24: Lecture 6   Homework 3 (solution) 10 refs
Oct. 29: Discussion 10 and 18    
Oct. 30: Lecture 7   Homework 4 (solution) 1/2-page sum; 15 refs
Nov. 5: Discussion 3 and 11    
Nov. 6: Lecture 7 (cont)   Homework 5 (solution) 20 refs
Nov. 12: Holiday      
Nov. 13: Discussion 13   main points of all refs.
Nov. 19: Discussion 20 and 19    
Nov. 20: Lecture 8   Homework 6 (solution) complete outline
Nov. 26: Discussion 8 and 17    
Nov. 27: Lecture 9     complete draft
Dec. 3: Project Presentions      
Dec. 4: Discussion 14    

Links

Virtual Explorer: Stress and Strain

Deformation Movies (e.g. go to Evolution of Mylonitic Microfabrics experiments section).

Grain Boundary Sliding (Explanation and Experiments)..

University of Leeds, Structural Geology Tutorial (easy to read background material)