Project Progress Meeting

Project progress meeting
Thursday, 27 November 2008
12.00pm – 12.15pm

I showed Richard a copy of my project overview, which as the project introduction, hypothesis, methods, assumptions, a sentence stating a contribution of my research and references.

Richard suggested that there is a software which enables me to plot in my datasets which will give a computerised analysis. This may be added up to my method’s list.

He also pointed out that the our main interest in this project is to analyse faults which are taking advantage on bedding planes as plane of weakness. There were 2 interesting points which he explained. Firstly, our research has to be able to answer on how would the faulting in the direction of the bedding plane can be explained and seen under normal condition. Our study area is fortunate enough to have an unconformity and the horizontally-deposited Triassic sandstone overlying the tilted Carboniferous limestone. In similar cases at other locations, such recognizable overlying strata may not be observable. Therefore, what kind of evidence are we expecting to look for at a bedding plane which experienced a faulting event? In order to provide possible answer to this question, it might be worth analysing thin sections of samples taken close to the faults occurrences. Ellipsoids or distorted fossil evidence might be a good indicator.

Secondly, Richard mentioned that seismics are only able to show obvious structures such as beds and faults. However, it might not be able to tell if the faults occur on the bedding planes itself. Therefore, findings of this research may deliver a note to seismics-geek to consider that there might be faults which are not recognised under seismics due to its occurrence on the bedding planes. Brilliant!

We have agreed to have a meeting next week, same time and place. However, Richard will be away for Christmas break on Thursday the following week, so I have to email him on a proposed date (earlier than Thursday) for a meeting that week.