Reasons I DO want to know the stress tensor of a rock: Getting hot dry rock geothermal hydraulic fracturing to work. Mine wall stability. Hydrocarbon reservoir engineering. CO2 storage. Fault seal limitations. Stoping. Economics of ore shoot extraction. Earthquake hazard assessment using dynamic or mechanical models. Is this real world enough? From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sunil Gupta Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2015 8:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology Carl- ikr "If only I knew the stress tensor for this rock!" exclaimed no geologist actually looking at a rock, ever. -Sunny ________________________________ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:11:33 -0400 From: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> I suspect you're confusing my point about research versus introductory teaching. I would never consider suggesting what someone should research because it is impossible to predict in advance what research will pay big dividends (your laser example) and what will not (some example we've never heard of). My point was about how to best spend the limited and valuable time available as an instructor of an introductory level structural geology course. Carl Little Consulting Geologist Toronto, ON, Canada On 29 March 2015 at 12:37, Krabbendam, Maarten <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: You may have a point, but the laser was once intellectual masturbation, Maarten Krabbendam ________________________________ From: Carl Little [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: 29 March 2015 10:00 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Teaching Structural Geology Spending half a course on a topic which the students will struggle to find applications for in the real world is little more than intellectual masturbation, it seems to me. Carl Little Consulting Geologist Toronto, ON, Canada ________________________________ This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system.