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Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowland, Stephen Mark
Other Authors: Duebendorfer, Ernest M., Schiefelbein, Ilsa M.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021041.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2005021041-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2005021041-d.html
Table of Contents:
  • Attitudes of lines and planes
  • Outcrop patterns and structure contours
  • Interpretation of geologic maps
  • Geologic structure sections
  • Stereographic projection
  • Folds
  • Stereographic analysis of folded rocks
  • Parasitic folds, axiar-planar foliations, and superposed folds
  • Faults
  • Dynamic and kinematic analysis of faults
  • A structural synthesis
  • Rheologic models
  • Brittle failure
  • Strain measurement
  • Construction of balanced cross sections
  • Deformation mechanisms and microstructures
  • Introduction to plate tectonics.