Tektonics excursion for undergraduates

Students in front of vertical carbonate layers at the Finne fault in a quarry near Burgwenden. View to the SE.
Students in front of vertical carbonate layers at the Finne fault in a quarry near Burgwenden. View to the SE.
Image: Christoph Grützner
Bedding planes of Lower Carboniferous slates in a quarry near Kamsdorf.
Bedding planes of Lower Carboniferous slates in a quarry near Kamsdorf.
Image: Christoph Grützner
Drone image of the Finne fault near Burgwenden. View to the SE.
Drone image of the Finne fault near Burgwenden. View to the SE.
Image: Christoph Grützner
Group image of participants
Group image of participants
Image: Christoph Grützner
Thrust
Thrust
Image: Christoph Grützner
Students looking for stretching lineations in a gneiss, which are important for the shear sense direction. Erzgebirge.
Students looking for stretching lineations in a gneiss, which are important for the shear sense direction. Erzgebirge.
Image: Madeline Richter
Prof. Ustaszewski sketches important textural features seen at the outcrop.
Prof. Ustaszewski sketches important textural features seen at the outcrop.
Image: Madeline Richter
Cenozoic columnar basalt at the Hirtstein in the Erzgebirge.
Cenozoic columnar basalt at the Hirtstein in the Erzgebirge.
Image: Madeline Richter