Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology /
Rowland, Stephen Mark.
Duebendorfer, Ernest M.
Schiefelbein, Ilsa M.
Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub.,
c2007.
"This widely used, highly readable introduction to structural analysis is specifically designed to support the laboratory work of undergraduates in structural geology courses. Throughout the book, a geologic map from a mythical site, the Bree Creek Quadrangle, is used to help students analyze various aspects of the geologic structures exposed within this quadrangle, and ultimately to combine these analyzes into a grand synthesis."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290) and index.
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.
"This widely used, highly readable introduction to structural analysis is specifically designed to support the laboratory work of undergraduates in structural geology courses. Throughout the book, a geologic map from a mythical site, the Bree Creek Quadrangle, is used to help students analyze various aspects of the geologic structures exposed within this quadrangle, and ultimately to combine these analyzes into a grand synthesis."--Jacket.
Geology, Structural