Nivaar worked solution (AI-drafted; not reviewed by a licensed engineer)
National Exams, Geological Engineering, 04-Geol-A4 Structural Geology, 2017-May. Open book; any non-communicating calculator permitted; 3 hours; 100 marks. The paper is printed as five lettered mega-questions (A–E): Question A “answer all” 20 T/F items (20 marks), Question B “any and only 5 of 9” essay topics (30 marks), Question C “any and only 4 of 5” items (24 marks), Question D a single compulsory 13-mark Mohr–Coulomb fault-stress problem, and Question E a single compulsory 13-mark stereonet pi-diagram problem.
Reference texts: Davis & Reynolds, Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions, 3rd ed. (fold and fault mechanics, stress and strain, Mohr circle analysis); Fossen, Structural Geology, 2nd ed. (rheology, shear zones, fold classification, finite strain, stereographic pi-diagrams); Marshak & Mitra, Basic Methods of Structural Geology (stereonets, block diagrams, pi-diagram construction); Sylvester (1988) “Strike-slip faults,” GSA Bulletin (Riedel-shear and restraining/releasing-bend geometry, cited via Davis & Reynolds Ch.9).
