Course Description: This 8-day field- and lecture-based course addresses the fundamentals of structural field analysis.

The course will be held in Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has spectacular geology and is internationally known as one of the three largest meteoritic impact structures on Earth. Moreover, it is at the junction between the Archean Superior craton, the Paleoproterozoic Southern Province, and Mesoproterozoic Grenville Province, allowing easy access to a variety of geological environments from granite-greenstone belts, to continental rift sequences, to high-temperature gneissic terranes. Mapping exercises will be complemented by lectures, allowing the unique opportunity to directly apply classroom learning to the field.

By the end of the course, participants will have learned how to:

• conduct a geometrical structural analysis of a multiply deformed terrane
• complete a structural interpretation of a deformed terrrane
• determine the sense of movement in shear zones
• determine the geometry and dynamic significance of quartz vein systems.

Instructor: Bruno Lafrance

Course Cost for Professional participants: $950 (CDN) + HST. Includes transportation during the course. Excludes accommodation and meals.  

Students: See enrollment page for further information. 

Contact Ms Roxane Mehes rmehes@laurentian.ca AND Prof Bruno Lafrance blafrance@laurentian.ca to register.