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Hi Aaron, 

Just take them in the field and walk them through a thrust stack - anywhere convenient. The rocks will teach them more than you, I or anyone else can. Teachers bore students, I was bored, and then I did my share of boring..... Take them outside.

All the very best, 

Alan Gibbs


On 6 Jan 2015, at 19:58, Malcolm McClure <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello Aaron,

For an exceelent overview of 19th century geology in the highlands of Scotland, If you are not already well aware of it, I can recommend David Oldroyd’s ‘The Highlands Controversy’ published by The University of Chicago Press in 1990. It is strongly fieldwork oriented with excellent maps and diagrams and explains in detail the basis of the Murchison — Nicol debate about the Moine Thrust. It is a geological classic with several photos of its formidable cast of characters.

cheers

Malcolm.
On 6 Jan 2015, at 19:17, Alexander Webb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello Aaron, All, 

This is a fun discussion thread!

For me, many of the best idea advances of the last ten years come from the modeling world, in particular the analog modeling of Konstantinovskaia and Malavieille. Consideration of ideas like critical taper theory in the light of their insights takes us to interesting places! Here are a couple of relevant references:

Konstantinovskaia and Malavieille, 2005, G-cubed:

Malavieille, 2010, GSA Today:

Best wishes,
Alex

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Yoshinobu, Aaron <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Greetings,

This spring I am teaching an advanced structural geology course and I've decided to focus on the structure of fold and thrust belts. I was wondering if any of you might have some "out of the box" insightful or inspirational background papers, ideas, or even historical quotes that might loosely pertain to the topic and that you are willing to share.

Please don't feel that I am asking for power points, etc. I have taught this course many times. Rather, I am looking for some new inspiration, or old map and cross section suggestions that are excellent teaching examples; or, seminal, but out-of-the way reference suggestions that are superb but often overlooked. 

Some background as to the pedagogy and style: As an advocate of the field-side of our work and its pertinence to student training, I will be leading 3 field mapping  trips to various Ouachita and US Cordilleran FTB's. And, I like to emphasize the history of concept evolution; therefore, I'll have the students examine concepts of Suess and Argand, and the Peach and Horne maps/volume, as well as Rich's paper from 1934. I also highlight the major players, including, but not limited to, Price and Mountjoy's work, the mechanics of FTB's viz. Hubbert & Dahlen/Davis, etc., balancing via Dalhstrom, etc., and Suppe's models for fault-related folding, the delectable problem of strain viz. Ramsay's pubs., Etc. etc… Hopefully you will see that I'd like to emphasize the historical development of ideas while the students learn how to evaluate the quality of a cross section or interpret subsurface "real world" data.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and warm regards for a peaceful 2015.

cheers,
Aaron

Aaron Yoshinobu
Professor
Department of Geosciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79410
U.S.A.

Fax: 806-742-0100
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/gesc/Faculty-Staff/Yoshinobu-index.php



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Alex Webb
Geology and Geophysics
Louisiana State University
E235 Howe-Russell
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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