Course Elective 2 - Advanced Field Course in Structural Geology and Tectonics:
Characterisation and Interpretation of Regional Finite Strain Fields.
Staff involved:
Dr. Patrice Rey (The University of Sydney).
Background:
The assumption
that
complex
regional
structures
can
always
be
described
in
terms
of
discrete
phase
of
deformation
(D1,
D2,
...,
Dn)
associated
with
a
short
lived
thermal
pulse
(M1,
M2,
...,
Mn)
is
firmly
held,
as
is
the
belief
that
complex
structures
always
result
from
changing
boundary
conditions.
There is
no doubt
that boundary
conditions can
change drastically
over short
periods of
time, and
that complex
tectonic histories
may result
in complex
structures. However,
there
is
also
little
doubt
that
complex
structures y
result
from
relatively
simple
boundary
conditions
applied
to
a
complex
mechanical
system.
It
is
therefore
of
major
importance
to
define
a
field
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