ReferenceLinks:

geologicdictionary1:
geodic2:
LabTechinquesManual
NYreferencesheet:
Wiki
Practicetest1:
Test1Key.
PracticeTest2

PracticeTest3
Test3Key
PracticeTest4(w/key)
PracticeTest5
Test5Key
PracticeTest6
Test6Key
Forums
QMarathon
Textbooks:
GeologicalStructuresandMaps
DictionaryofGeologyandMineralogy
APracticalGuidetoQuantitativeSurfaceandSubsurfaceMapInterpretation
StructuralGeologyofRocksandRegions
StructuralAnalysisandSynthesis:ALaboratoryCourseinStructuralGeology
StructuralGeology(Twiss)
DeformationoftheCrust
UnderstandingEarth
StructuralGeologyandMapInterpretation
FormulaList:
A1isthesmallerapparentdip
A2isthelargerapparentdip
TDisthetruedip

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

tan(apparentdip)=tan(truedip)*cos(obliquityangle)
tan(truedip)=tan(app.dip)/sin(anglebetweenbedstrikeandtrendofapp.dip)
distancebetweencontourstrikelines=contourinterval/tanofthedipangle.
D=h'(aC2)/v',theelevationoftheuppercontrolpointisa,thehorizontaldistanceofthedesiredcontour
fromthehighestcontrolpointisD,theelevationofthedesiredcontourisC2,themapdistancebetweenthetwo
controlpointsish',andtheverticaldistancebetweenthetwocontrolpointsisv'.
7. tan(anglebetweenA1andTDlines)=csc(anglebetweenA1andA2lines)*(cot(A1)*tan(A2)cos(anglebetween
A1andA2lines))
8. Truethickness:


9. thestratigraphicseparation=verticalseparation*cos(dip)
10. minimumsetslipmagnitude= sd
,s=strikeseparation,d=dipseparation
d2+s2
11. Strain=(DeformedLengthUndeformedLength)/UndeformedLength


SpecificInformation

1.Topo/geomaps
2.Tectonics,rockformation,Earthstructureandhistory
3.Folds,faults,erosion,intrusionsignatures,subsurfacegeometries,
deformationsequences,subsurfacedepositionalfeatures
4.Structuralelements(syncline,anticline,etc.)

5.PracticalTasks(allfromhere)
6.Assessgeohazardrisks
7.Misc.Subjects(Glaciers,Stress/Strain,GeologicDating)

SpecificInformation
Topo/geomaps
TopographicMaps:
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/projections.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system
wtoconvertamongthethreedifferentformsofLatitudeandLongitude.doc+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/plss.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/TopographicMapSymbols/topomapsymbols.pdf
http://geology.isu.edu/geostac/Field_Exercise/topomaps/plss.htm
http://therucksack.tripod.com/MiBSAR/LandNav/UTM/UTM.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodetic_datum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesy
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/TopographicMapSymbols/topomapsymbols.pdf

GeologicMaps:
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/time/blcolorus.htm(ColorPrint)
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd/fgdcgeolsymall.pdf

http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/RD_chap3lab_GeologicMaps.pdf

Tectonics,rockformation,Earthstructureandhistory
Tectonics
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/1Introtecto.pdf
http://legacy.mos.org/oceans/graphics/planet/features.gif
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/theoceanfloor/continentalmargins
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/theoceanfloor/oceanfloorsediments
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/theoceanfloor/midoceanicridges
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week2/seafloor.html

http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week3/contrift.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week3/cranswers.html#anchor377857
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week4/subduction.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week6/terranes.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week8/collision.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week13/mechanisms.html(mantleconvection)
https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/orogeny.htm

RockFormation

http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/gladrocks.htm
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry14.html
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/IgRxChart.html
http://geoscience.wisc.edu/~chuck/Classes/Mtn_and_Plates/rock_cycle.html
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry11.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prograde_metamorphism#Prograde_and_retrograde_metamorphism
metamorphicrocks:https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/igneous.htm
https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/metamorp.htm
https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/sedrocks.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/303/303_lab/Igneous%20Lab303.html#rockid
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/303/303_lab/Sedimentary%20Lab303.html
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/303/303_lab/MetamorphicLab303.html
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/meta.htm


EarthStructure

CrustvsMantlevvsLithospherevsAsthenosphere
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/insidetheearth/thecrust
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/insidetheearth/themantle
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/insidetheearth/thecore
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/insidetheearth/geothermalgradients
http://ser.sese.asu.edu/GEO110/GEO110_S03/Dis2b.pdf
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/earthstructure.html
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/crustmaterials.html

EarthHistory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geological_history_of_Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale#Table_of_geologic_time
http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart201301.pdf
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/geologictime/geologiccorrelations
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/plate/week12/super.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/geologictime/asummaryofearthshistory
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/GeologicalHistory.htm


Folds,faults,erosion,intrusionsignatures,subsurface
geometries,deformationsequences,subsurface
depositionalfeatures
Foldgeometries
geometryoffolds
_Foldmath
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TSQdnx6XQI8J:extras.springer.com/2006/9783540310549/Data/0
05.pdf+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/8folds.pdf
http://earth.usc.edu/classes/geol321/labs/PreLab%207.pdf
http://coastal.tamug.edu/AM/CapturedWebSites/CEPRAconference/glo_coastal_presentations/Maher/folds.html
http://faculty.uml.edu/nelson_eby/89.322/Instructor%20pdfs/Chapter%2011.%20Folds%20and%20Folding.pd
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/7folding.pdf
https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/folds.htm
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/RD_chap6lab_folds.pdf

Faults,fractures,joints
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_(geology)

http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/2faulting.pd
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/3faults.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/4thrustsyst.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/3extsyst.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/5wrench.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/4joints.pdf
http://faculty.uml.edu/Nelson_Eby/89.322/Instructor%20pdfs/Chapter%208.%20Faults.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeslip_tectonics
http://www.efn.uncor.edu/departamentos/GeoBas/materias/geologiatectonica/material/Thust%20Systems.pdf
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/RD_chap9lab_Faults.pdf
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap10_mechanics.pdf
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap3_fractures.pdf
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap4_Faults.pdf

Erosion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/sciences/geology/runningwater/regionalerosion
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/streams.htm
https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/erosion.htm
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/gradation.html
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/streams.html
http://seed.ucdavis.edu/files/seed/S3,2.pdf

http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=1130447025&topicorder=4
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/geo117/part2/117masswasting.html

Intrusions:

http://volcanoeruptions.wi
kispaces.com/Igneous+Intrusion

SubsurfaceGeometries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconformity
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/structge/earthmvts.htm
http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/WebBasPrinTectonics/BasPrincTectonics/Page8.htm#ExtensiveStructures
http://www.uno.edu/cos/earthenvironmentalsciences/ResourcesDocs/L11_Subsurface_Geology.pdf

http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap2_Techniques.pdf
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week11/crypto.html(includesinformationaboutcraters!)

Deformationalsequences
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week9/microstructures.html
http://core.ecu.edu/geology/woods/DEFORM.htm
http://www.geologyclass.org/evolution_concepts2.htm

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1102/es1102page01.cfm?chapter_no=inve
stigatio
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/12Finitestrain.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/13shearzones.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/2proflitho.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/5paleostress.pdf
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week8/fabrics.html
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week10/dsz.html(ductileshearzones)
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap12_Kinematic.pdf

FoliationandLineation:
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap13_Foliations.pdf
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/9foliation.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foliation_(geology)
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/10lineation.pdf
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap14_formation.pdf

Subsurfacedepositionalfeatures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentary_depositional_environment
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol100/lectures/14.html

http://acad.depauw.edu/tcope/sedstruct.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~geol105/images/gaia_chapter_5/sedimentary_structures.htm
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol342/lectures/05.html
http://www.geology2.pitt.edu/GeoSites/sedstructures.htm
http://www.sepmstrata.org/Terminology.aspx?id=clinoform
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/2010SedimentaryEnvironments.pdf

http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/environmentchart.htm

Structuralelements(syncline,anticline,etc.)
http://www.usouthal.edu/geology/haywick/GY111/folds.pdf
http://gomyclass.com/geology10/files/Lecture11c.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_(geology)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/211999/fold?anchor=ref278147
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week7/folds.html

http://w3.salemstate.edu/~lhanson/gls210/gls210_struct.htm

PracticalTasks
Almostallpracticaltaskscanbefoundonthispageofgeologytechniques

geohazardrisks
Tectonics:
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/eqhazard_risks.pdf


http://web.gccaz.edu/~lnewman/gph111/topic_units/Fold_fault_eq/Fold_fault_eq2.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/about/basics.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/about/technical.php
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/eqprediction%26cntrl.htm
http://homepage.usask.ca/~mjr347/prog/geoe118/geoe118.037.html(youcreep)
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/tectoniczones.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/eq_predict.php

Stress/Strain:
http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/es406_structure/TM_chap8_stress.pdf
http://earthphysicsteaching.homestead.com/Principles_Structural_Geology_3.html
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/structge/stress.htm
http://maps.unomaha.edu/maher/GEOL3300/week6/rheology.html
http://www.files.ethz.ch/structuralgeology/JPB/files/English/5paleostress.pdf

Geologicdating:
http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/gladage.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.php
http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/foundation_dating4.html (paleomagnetics)
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais/teaching/eas450/paleomagnetism.pdf

Glaciers:
http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/glaciers.html