TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: WEB-BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO INTEGRATE STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY, TECTONICS AND GEOCHRONOLOGY TO INVESTIGATE EARTH SYSTEM PROBLEMS

Our goal is to develop web-based learning modules that allow students to integrate diverse data sets from structural geology, petrology, geochronology, geophysics, and related disciplines to solve Earth science problems. Exercises will be designed to help students connect structural geology to related topics such as petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, geophysics, and climatology. Resources that will be available for student use on the webpage will include maps, imagery, structural measurements, petrography, geochemical and geophysical data, and journal and web-mediated resources. Exercises will emphasize inquiry and discovery, and will span a range of activities from single class exercises to semester-long projects, and can be customized to suit a variety of instructional goals. Initial modules in development include: Inverted Metamorphism and the Main Central Thrust, Nepalese Himalaya; Deformation Styles Along Grenville Aged Shear Zones of Northern New York; Deformation-Metamorphism Interactions of Grenville Rocks, Llano Uplift, TX; Deformation and Metamorphism in the Northwestern North Carolina Blue Ridge; Orogens Through Time; The Role of Crustal Magma Traps in Magma Migration and Emplacement; The Ivrea Crustal Section, NW Italy: A D-P-T history; Using the Paleomagnetic Fold Test and Geochronology to Constrain the Age of Fold and Thrust Deformation: Two Examples From the Helena Salient of the Cordilleran Orogenic Belt. We invite suggestions for additional topics; contributions of resources, activities and reviews; and participation in the working group listserv. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/structure04/groups/geodyngroup.html