Steffen Büttner - Geology clips
Hi all
This channel contains undergraduate courses in Structural Geology and Tectonics (BSc 1 to BSc 3) at Rhodes University (South Africa). There are also a few lectures on introductory geology that I present in a bridging course at a level between high school and university (our Science Extended Studies Program - SESP).
Most of our graduates leave with a 3rd or 4th year (BSc/BSc Honours) degree, seeking industry employment, few carry on with an MSc, and hardly anyone does PhDs. Hence, the BSc courses focus on matters that I deem relevant for work in the minerals industry rather than in senior postgraduate research. Accordingly, if you look for material on continuum mechanics or strain analysis, or modern microstructural analysis, you will not find much. I try to expose my students to content that might help them to make sense of features they see in the field and understand their formation.
Enjoy,
Steffen
Transform settings Part 2
Transform settings Part 1
Pure, simple and general shear
Competence contrasts Part 2
Competence contrasts Part 1
The classification of tectonic foliations and lineations
Strain types and the Flinn diagram
Dissolution creep
Deformation mechanisms (Part 1)
Rick Allmendinger's Stereonet 11 Basics
Active plate margins and back-arc tectonics
Continent collision
Duplexes, flat ramp structures and imbricate fans
Folds and folding video
Rifts and continental breakup
Aulacogens
Extensional structures in rifts
Anderson's Fault Theory
Pre-existing fractures in the Mohr stress diagram
Variable fluid pressures and vein formation in the Mohr stress diagram
The basics of the Mohr stress diagram
Fractures and stresses in rocks
The fracturing Process GLG2 Chapter 1
The Mica Group - mineral structure, composition and classification
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Stereo32 intro1
Stereonet introduction
Fold analysis using the stereonet
Fold analysis using Rick Allmendinger's Stereonet 11
The evolution of the Cape Fold Belt (South Africa)