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LEC #	TOPICS
I	Continuum Mechanics: Stress and Strain
II	Material Behaviours
III	Brittle Deformation (A) Fracture Mechanics (B) Faults
	Mid Term
IV	Ductile Deformation (A) Mechanics (B) Folding (i) Descriptive Material (ii) Mechanics (iii) Related Structures (iv) Foliations and Lineations (v) Strain Analysis (C) Multiple Deformations
V	Plutons, Salt Tectonics
VI	Regional Tectonics

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LAB #	Topics
I	Stress
II	Strain
	Lab Field Trip to Beavertail, PT, RI
III	Techniques of Structural Geology I: 3D Geometries
IV	Techniques of Structural Geology II: Cross-sections
V	Faults
VI	Folds
VII	Fabrics: Lineations and Foliations
VIII	Classic Structural Environments I: Fold and Thrust Belts
IX	Classic Structural environments II: High Grade Gneiss Terranes
X	Classic Structural environments III: Extensional Environments

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