18-Geol-A4 Structural Geology
Worked solutions to 10 past sittings (2013–2019), 47 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
- December 2019
- December 2018
- May 2018
- December 2017
- May 2017
- May 2016
- December 2015
- December 2013
- May 2013
- Undated paper
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- True/False Statements (6 sittings): December 2017 Q1 · May 2017 Q1 · May 2016 Q1 · December 2015 Q1 · December 2013 Q1 · May 2013 Q1
- Structural Processes in Detail (4 sittings): May 2016 Q3 · December 2015 Q3 · December 2013 Q3 · May 2013 Q3
- Term-Pair Distinctions (4 sittings): May 2016 Q2 · December 2015 Q2 · December 2013 Q2 · May 2013 Q2
- Choice Question (3 sittings): December 2015 Q5 · December 2013 Q4 · May 2013 Q4
- Faults (2 sittings): December 2018 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
- Fill in the Blanks (2 sittings): December 2018 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Folds (2 sittings): December 2018 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
- Kinematic Analyses (2 sittings): December 2018 Q4 · Undated paper Q4
- Quantitative Analyses (2 sittings): December 2018 Q3 · Undated paper Q3
- Stereonet Pi-Diagram (2 sittings): May 2017 Q5 · Undated paper Q5
- Stereonet Reading or Deformation Sketching (2 sittings): December 2015 Q5 · December 2013 Q5
- Structural Geology Essay Topics (2 sittings): December 2017 Q2 · May 2017 Q2
- Structural Interpretation Items (2 sittings): December 2017 Q3 · May 2017 Q3
- Term Pairs (2 sittings): December 2019 Q2 · May 2018 Q2
- True / False (2 sittings): May 2018 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: True/False and Fill-in-the-Blank
- Question 2: Term Pairs
- Question 3: Shear Zones, Faulting and Mohr–Coulomb Stress Analysis
- Question 4: Three-Point Strike and Dip Problem
December 2018
- Question 1: True or False & Fill in the Blanks
- Question 2: Definitions
- Question 3: Quantitative Analyses
- Question 4: Folds, Faults & Kinematic Analyses
May 2018
- Question 1: True / False
- Question 2: Term Pairs
- Question 3
- Question 4
- Question 5
December 2017
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Structural Geology Essay Topics
- Question 3: Structural Interpretation Items
- Question 4: Hydrofracture and Fault Reactivation
- Question 5: Stereonet Fold Analysis (π-diagram)
May 2017
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Structural Geology Essay Topics
- Question 3: Structural Interpretation Items
- Question 4: Fault Stress and Pore-Pressure-Induced Failure
- Question 5: Stereonet Pi-Diagram — Fold Axis, Profile Plane, Axial Plane
May 2016
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Term-Pair Distinctions
- Question 3: Structural Processes in Detail
- Question 4: Mohr–Coulomb Tunnel-Stress Analysis
- Question 5: Stereonet Fold Reading and Simple-Shear Deformation Sketch
December 2015
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Term-Pair Distinctions
- Question 3: Structural Processes in Detail
- Question 4: Mohr–Coulomb Yield Criteria – Strength Parameters and 3D Stress Tensor
- Question 5: Choice Question – Stereonet Reading or Deformation Sketching
December 2013
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Term-Pair Distinctions
- Question 3: Structural Processes in Detail
- Question 4: Choice Question – Rock Mechanics or Yield-Criteria Sketching
- Question 5: Choice Question – Stereonet Reading or Deformation Sketching
May 2013
- Question 1: True/False Statements
- Question 2: Term-Pair Distinctions
- Question 3: Structural Processes in Detail
- Question 4: Choice Question – Rock Mechanics or Block Diagrams
Undated paper
- Question 1: True / False & Fill in the Blanks
- Question 2: Definitions
- Question 3: Quantitative Analyses
- Question 4: Faults, Folds, Deformation Mechanisms & Kinematic Analyses
- Question 5: Stereonet Pi-Diagram