The Fold Analysis Challenge: A virtual globe-based educational resource
| Autor: | Paul Karabinos, Declan G. De Paor, Barbara J. Tewksbury, Mladen M. Dordevic, Steven J. Whitmeyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Anticline Globe Stereographic projection Geology Fold (geology) 010502 geochemistry & geophysics computer.software_genre JavaScript 01 natural sciences medicine.anatomical_structure Field trip Scripting language Computer graphics (images) medicine Structural geology computer 0105 earth and related environmental sciences computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Structural Geology. 85:85-94 |
| ISSN: | 0191-8141 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.02.005 |
| Popis: | We present an undergraduate structural geology laboratory exercise using the Google Earth virtual globe with COLLADA models, optionally including an interactive stereographic projection and JavaScript controls. The learning resource challenges students to identify bedding traces and estimate bedding orientation at several locations on a fold, to fit the fold axis and axial plane to stereographic projection data, and to fit a doubly-plunging fold model to the large-scale structure. The chosen fold is the Sheep Mountain Anticline, a Laramide uplift in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. We take an education research-based approach, guiding students through three levels of difficulty. The exercise aims to counter common student misconceptions and stumbling blocks regarding penetrative structures. It can be used in preparation for an in-person field trip, for post-trip reinforcement, or as a virtual field experience in an online-only course. Our KML scripts can be easily transferred to other fold structures around the globe. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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