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Introductory Physical Geology wiki site Jeff Amato has created a wiki site (similar to Wikipedia in which anyone can edit the pages) to help professors become more effective in the teaching of introductory physical geology classes. He encourages both new assistant professors as well as grizzled veterans to contribute to the project. The site can be found at: http://www.wikigeo101.nmsu.edu/
White Papers: "New Departures in Structural Geology and Tectonics" – 2003 "Research in Structural Geology & Tectonics" – 1998
Student Exercises and Solutions for Instructors of Structural Geology Student exercises and solutions for instructors of Structural Geology are now available for downloading on the WEB. Both the exercises and the solutions may be downloaded in either WORD or PDF formats from: http://pangea.stanford.edu/projects/structural_geology/. Included are more than 200 individual problems for students, covering the concepts and techniques developed in the central nine chapters of the recently published textbook Fundamentals of Structural Geology by David D. Pollard and Raymond C. Fletcher (Cambridge University Press, 2005). More than 170 pages of password protected solutions may be downloaded by instructors and include graphs, tables, and drawings to illustrate solutions methods and results; detailed derivations of all equations; and MATLAB m-scripts to reproduce all numerical and graphical results. The exercises include those suitable for both undergraduate students in a first course and graduate students in a more advanced course. In addition to exercises that focus on concepts and techniques there are exercises that use a variety of real data sets from the field and laboratory to illustrate problem solving methods and research. Please send questions and requests for a password to: dpollard@pangea.stanford.edu
CD-Rom: Introduction to Structural Methods Tasa Graphic Arts announces the release of the CD-Rom "Introduction to Structural Methods", written and narrated by H. Robert Burger (Smith College) and Tekla A. Harms (Amherst College). This product offers an innovative approach for teaching and understanding structural concepts. Designed to supplement structural geology courses, this program utilizes full color animations, illustrations, and photographs along with interactive activities and quizzes to promote student understanding of this dynamic subject. For further information about this program:
Colorado Late Cenozoic Fault and Fold Database The Colorado Geological Survey has posted its first interactive online publication, "Colorado Late Cenozoic Fault and Fold Database" at http://geosurvey.state.co.us/Default.aspx?tabid=453. The database contains information compiled from available literature about more than 300 faults and folds that are known or suspected to have moved during the late Cenozoic (approximately the last 23.7 million years) i.e., that cut Miocene or younger rocks. The Map Server displays a zoomable map of faults color-coded by age within Colorado. This interactive map allows quick identification of structures by displaying a maptip box containing the name, identification, and age of the structure, when resting a cursor over any of the faults. Other layers in the map also contain maptips. For example, resting the cursor over a city area (shaded in purple) will show the city name and when resting on the background the name of the county appears. The map legend shows the data layers and how each feature is symbolized. Zooming in to the map displays different information layers. For instance, highways appear when the map is zoomed to 1:500,000. The map server is linked to a Microsoft Access database. The database contains a variety of information about each structure such as length, sense of movement, geomorphic expression, age of faulted deposits and references. To see a report from the database, simply double-click the mouse on the structure in the map frame and the report for that particular fault appears in a separate window. The report you see lists all the information contained in the Access database. The entire database is downloadable. For more information contact:
Vince Matthews Phone: 303-866-3028 Fax: 303-866-2461
OMNI Resources Internet Catalog of Maps OMNI Resources invites visitors to its Internet catalog "for the state-of-the-art in U.S. and foreign mapping." Call for free geological supply catalog. OMNI Resources, P.O. Box 2096, Burlington, NC 27216; phone: (800) 742-2677; fax: (800) 449-OMNI; http://www.omnimap.com
Geology Photos from the Air Lou Maher (University of Wisconsin) has put a number of digitized photos taken from the air on his web site. They are available free for noncommercial educational use. Point your browser to: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air.html
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