SELECTED TOPICS
FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
Choose a topic from the following list by the 4th week (Paper is due on the last day of class).
You should
provide a historical review of the subject in your introduction, its significance,
applications, and methodology. Add a conclusions and References section.
Format and how to write the
Research Paper.
NOTE: See "syllabus" for the
deadline!
Mandatory topics for graduate students: Gradaute students must chose at least one of their topics for the Research Papers and their presentation from the following table!
| Boudinage (Ch. 14) | Shear zones and mylonites (Ch. 15) |
| Contractional Regimes (Ch. 16) | Extensional Regimes (Ch. 17) |
| Strike-Slip Regimes (Ch. 18) | Salt Tectonics (Ch. 19) |
| Balancing and Restoration (Ch. 20) | Larger Picture (Ch. 21) |
Topics for undergraduate students:
Note: You can add to this list by selecting any other topic from your textbook!
| Topic | Topic |
| foliation | lineation |
| thrust fault | normal fault |
| strike slip fault | mylonite |
| cataclasite | cataclastic flow |
| rheology | ductile deformation |
| brittle deformation | brittle-ductile deformation |
| crystal plasticity | recrystallization |
| recovery | pressure solution |
| myrmekite |
infinitesimal strain |
| finite strain | shear zones |
| strain analysis of markers | deformation of sed. structures |
| hydraulic fracturing | joints |
| vein formation | boudinage |
| friction | experimental rock deformation |
| refolding | deformation of planar fabric |
| deformation of linear fabric | statistical analysis of fabrics |
| fractal analysis of structures | slope instability |
| land slides | pole of the Mohr circle |
| structures in ophiolites | fractures and karstification |
| hot spot related extension | GIS in geological mapping |
| dislocations in quartz | Fluids in rocks |
| fold shape quantification | Impact structures |
| dynamic recrystallization | Low-angle normal faults |
| rheology of olivine | Pseudotachylytes |
| balanced cross-sections | 3D stress |
| fluids in rocks | Gneiss |
| Salt deformation | Ocean floor fabrics |
| Disjunctive cleavage | Accretionary prism structures |
| Mineral lineations | Unconformities |
| Rheology of olivine | Geophysical Imaging |
| Dislocations in quartz | Faults and fluids |
| Gold in veins | Mineral Lineations |
| Static recrystallization | Fold classification |
| Slaty cleavage | Hydroelastic stress failures |
NOTE: You can add to this list by selecting any other topic from your textbook!
