地球構造 EARTH STRUCTURE

                 地質學的研究目的,是要從地球現在的構造,也就是現在地球的形狀及地球內部各種岩石的構造,利用物理學、化學及生物學的理論,推論出地球自形成以來變動的歷史。

本課程的主要內容是介紹瞭解現在地球構造的方法與技術,以及解釋地球構造所需要的基本理論。

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單元主題

內容檔案

1

Chapter 1 Introduction &
Chapter 2 Primary and Neotectonic Structures  

 

2

Ch 3: Force and Stress

3

stress-cont

 

4

Deformation and strain

5

Rheology

6

Brittle Deformation

7

Joints and viens

 

8

Faults and Faulting

9

Midterm Examination  

 

10

Ductile deformation mechanisms

11

Folds and folding

12

Fabrics: Foliation and Lineations

13

Ductile Shear Zone, Textures, and Transposition

14

Whole-Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

15

Rifting, Seafloor Spreading, and Extensional Tectonics

 

16

Convergence and Collision

17

Fold-Thrust Belts

18

Strike-Slip Tectonics

 

19

The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions: An essay by Leigh H. Roydenand B. Clark Burchfiel