Structural Geology
ISBN: 9780521516648 | 0521516641
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 8/23/2010
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Lavishly illustrated with color photos and diagrams, this textbook takes an applied approach to introduce undergraduate students to the basic principles of structural geology. The book provides unique links to industry applications, including petroleum and groundwater geology, and reinforces student learning through end-of-chapter problems and e-learning modules.
A full-color introduction to the basic principles of structural geology, with unique links to practical applications and e-learning modules.
A full-color introduction to the basic principles of structural geology, with unique links to practical applications and e-learning modules.
| Preface | |
| List of symbols | |
| Structural geology and structural analysis | |
| Deformation | |
| Strain in rocks | |
| Stress | |
| Stress in the lithosphere | |
| Rheology | |
| Fracture and brittle deformation | |
| Faults | |
| Kinematics and paleostress in the brittle regime | |
| Deformation at the micr... MORE | |
| Folds and folding | |
| Foliation and cleavage | |
| Lineations | |
| Boudinage | |
| Shear zones and mylonites | |
| Contractional regimes | |
| Extensional regimes | |
| Strike-slip, transpression and transtension | |
| Salt tectonics | |
| Balancing and restoration | |
| More about the deformation matrix | |
| Stereographic projection | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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