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Training: Field Analysis of Tectonic Structures


Venue: Babanango Valley Lodge near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal

Presented by Prof. Mike Watkeys

Friday 18 August

  • Introduction to structural geology
  • Plotting and analysing structural data on stereo nets
  • Introduction to structures produced in brittle deformation, their measurement, analysis and significance

Saturday 19 August

  • Mapping and measuring of brittle features in the field
  • Analysis and discussion of mapped and measured structures
  • Introduction to structures produced in ductile deformation, their measurement, analysis and significance

Sunday 20 August

  • Mapping and measuring of bedding, cleavage, lineations and folds in the field
  • Analysis and discussion of mapped and measured structures and significance

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Later Event: September 12
IFAT Africa 2017