- Title:
- National Training Course on Collisional Tectonics
in Modern and Ancient Orogenic Belts
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- Location:
- Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab,
Lahore, Pakistan
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- Dates:
- 2-5 September, 1995
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- Course Director:
- Prof. Dr. Shafeeq Ahmad (Director, Institute
of Geology, Punjab University)
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- Course Co-ordinator:
- Prof. Dr. M. Nawaz Chaudhry (Institute of
Geology, Punjab University)
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- Course Lecturers:
- Dr. David A. Spencer and Prof. Dr. J.-P.
Burg (Institute of Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology)
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- Course Details:
- The main object of this training course was
to introduce the recent studies made in collisional tectonics
in modern and ancient orogenic belts to practising geoscientists
in Pakistan. The theory of collisional-tectonics has revolutionised
our understanding of the geological-phenomena and has new conceptual
framework in which different geological studies can be integrated
to give a comprehensive geological history at various regional
levels. A better understanding of the theoretical principles
has helped in exploration of natural resources and dealing with
natural hazards and has also opened new fields of geoscientific
research. This training Course was given by the Institute of
Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. The four days training course
consisted mainly of lectures and practicals. The programme covered
numerous themes e.g., structural geology, metamorphism, plateau
uplift with reference to the Alps and the Himalaya).
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- No. of Participants:
- 45 (MSc students, PhD students and faculty
of the University of the Punjab; Professional geologists from
the oil, gas and mineral industries of Pakistan; faculty members
from other universities in Pakistan).
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- Lectures given:
- Course Overview.
- Introduction to Collisional Tectonics - I
(The Lithosphere).
- Introduction to Collisional Tectonics - II
(Modeling of Continental Subduction).
- Introduction to Collisional Tectonics - III
(Orogenesis and Orogenic Belts)
- Tectonics - I (Deformation Styles and Tectonic
settings of Continental deformation).
- Metamorphism - I (An Introduction to Metamorphism
in Collision Zones).
- Metamorphism - II (Metamorphic Facies and
High Pressure Rocks in Orogenic Belts).
- Metamorphism - III (Thermal Modeling of Collision
Zones).
- Tectonics - V (Exhumation of High Pressure
Metamorphic Rocks).
- Examples of Collision Zones - II (Plate Tectonics
and Continental Collision, with reference to the Himalayan Orogenesis).
- Neotectonics - I (Uplift, exhumation and
neotectonics of the Nanga Parbat Massif).
- Climate and Tectonics - I (Climate change
in the Cenozoic).
- Course Review.
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- Practicals given:
- Tectonics - VI (Exhumation of High Pressure
Metamorphic Rocks: Practical).
- Examples of Collision Zones - III (Plate
Tectonics and Continental Collision: Practical).
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- Videos shown:
- Tectonics - III ("Tibet, Where Continents
Collide" - Part 1. South Tibet and the Yarlung Suture)
- Examples of Collision Zones - IV ("Karakorum
Geotraverse")
- Neotectonics - II ("The Building of
Nanga Parbat")
- Climate and Tectonics - II ("Tibet -
The Ice Mother")
- General Discussion - II ("The Professor's
new clothes: Documentary on V.J. Gupta")
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- Other:
- Arrangement of course programme
- Introduction and discussion following course
videos
- Setting, supervising and marking of Course
Examination
- Presentation of:
- "Certificates of Participation"
- "Certificates of Merit" (Examination
Pass)
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- Course Evaluation:
- Evaluations of the course lecturer Dr. David
A. Spencer were made.
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- Overall, how would you rate the instructor?(1-excellent;
5-below average)
| %
of response |
1 (60 %) |
2 (37%) |
3 (3%) |
4 (0 %) |
5 (0 %) |
| |
Mean: |
1.43 |
|
| Median: |
1.0 |
| Standard
Deviation: |
0.56 |
|
