STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

 

Foliations and Lineations

A little quiz to consolidate your learning, before you read Chapter 11 of Van Der Pluijm & Marshak, Earth Structure and Evolution:

 

1/ In structural geology what is a "fabric"?

2/ What are the main fabric-forming processes?

3/ In a granite, how can we tell that a foliation formed at a temperature of about 400ºC from one formed at a temperature of ca. 700ºC.

4/ What is a tectonite?

5/ Define the three main types of tectonites.

6/ Can a ductile shear zone results in the formation of a S-tectonites?

7/ What is the difference between an intersecting lineation and a stretching lineation?

8/ Are stretching lineations automatically linked to a foliation plane?

9/ Can stretching lineations pierce through a foliation?

10/ The attitude (ie orientation in space) of a foliation plane is measured through its strike-dip and dip direction. Draw a sketch showing showing the concepts of strike, dip and dip direction.



Air bubbles in a viscous fluid (poly-dimethylxyloxane) being pushed and sheared above a fixed plate.