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Diploma of Imperial College in Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics

Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Faculty of Science,
Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London,
London, Great Britain.
October, 1987 - September, 1988.

Lectures:
Fundamentals of Structural Geology, Geometry of Small Scale Structures, Mechanics of Formation of Small Scale Structures, Structural Controls of Mineralisation, Seismic Interpretation and Geophysical Methods in Structural Geology, Geometry of Faults and related structures, Folding, Thrusting and Mechanisms of Thrusting, Deformation Mechanisms, Structural Petrology, Applied Structural Geology, Remote Sensing, Photogeology, Techniques of Structural Mapping, Plate Tectonics, Inversion Tectonics, Tectonics and Environments, Mathematics for Geologists, Computing, Structural Petrology and Rock Fabrics, Engineering Rock Mechanics, Applied Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology of Soils, Engineering Geology of Rocks, Hydrogeology, Structural Geology and Oil, Basin Analysis and Seismic Interpretation, Petroleum Geology, Mineralisation associated with faults and folds and migration of mineralising fluids, Structural analysis of borehole data.
 
Practicals:
Stereographic Projections, Structural Petrology, Deformational Mechanisms, Tectonics, Balanced Sections, Small Scale Structures, Mapwork, Advanced Geological Map Interpretation, Strain Analysis, Applied Structural Geology, Engineering Rock Mechanics.
 
Fieldwork:
Small scale structures and tectonics of North Devon, England.
Structural evolution of the Lizard complex, Cornwall, England.
Structural and Economic Geology of the Dorset Coast, England.
Structural Mapping, Holy Isle, Anglesey, North Wales.
Structural Geology of South Wales.
Structural Geology of Cantabria, North Spain.
 
Seminar:
"Theories of the Structural Evolution of Extensional Basins."
 
Coordinated basin analysis seminars: "Structural evolution and classification of basins: Divergent, convergent - Forarc and back arc, transform, continent collision and cratonic basins)."
 
Thesis:
"Deformation on the Main Mantle Thrust Zone at Babusar Pass, Karakorum Himalaya, Pakistan".
 
Thesis Project description:
An area of 40 square kilometers of the suture zone (Indus suture or the Main Mantle Thrust Zone) between the Indian Plate (Higher Himalaya) and the Kohistan Island Arc was structurally mapped for the first time in Pakistan. Modern structural techniques were utilised to examine the deepest sections of colliding plates to relate small scale structures to large scale tectonic features.
 
Examinations:
Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics Theory - 1 (Passed)
Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics Theory - 2 (Passed)
Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics Practical - 1 (Passed)
Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics Practical - 2 (Passed)
Dissertation (Passed)
 
General:
Attended tutorials, colloquia, symposia, seminars, lectures, Geological Society lectures and Geological Society field trips.
 
Title received:
Diploma of Imperial College
 
Designations:
DIC
 
Academic Dress:
Approved to wear a black stuff or silk gown of the University of London B.A. shape but having the forearm seam open and being without cord, button or pleats. Hoods are made in the Oxford simple shape. The white silk binding is 6 inches wide on the inside of the hood and 3/8 of an inch wide on the outside. The royal purple velvet band is 1 inch wide and is placed on the white lining 1/2 an inch away from the edge of the hood. The black silk binding on the front of the neck band is 1/4 of an inch on the outside and covers the top and the bottom of the neck band.
 
Imperial College:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is the largest applied science, technology and medicine university institution in the UK. It is consistently rated in the top three UK university institutions for research quality, with one of the largest annual turnovers (£390 million for 2000-01) and research incomes (£202 million for 2000-01). In the December 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, 75 per cent of staff achieved a 5* rating, the highest proportion in any UK university. All departments visited and assessed for their teaching have scored between 21 and 24 points out of 24 or, in the previous system, have been judged excellent.
 
Academic Ranking:
In the 2003 Academic Ranking of Universities, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine was placed at number 17 amongst the Top 500 World Universities and at No. 3 amongst the Top 100 European Universities.

Royal School of Mines, Faculty of Science,

Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London

     

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