Structural Geology
About this book
Lavishly illustrated in color, 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 in the upper crust, including petroleum and groundwater geology, which highlight the importance of structural geology in exploration and exploitation of petroleum and water resources. Topics range from faults and fractures forming near the surface to shear zones and folds of the deep crust. Students are engaged through examples and parallels drawn from practical everyday situations, enabling them to connect theory with practice. Containing numerous end-of-chapter problems, e-learning modules, and with stunning field photos and illustrations, this book provides the ultimate learning experience for all students of structural geology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- How to use this book
- Preface
- Symbols
- Chapter 1: Structural geology and structural analysis
- Chapter 2: Deformation
- Chapter 3: Strain in rocks
- Chapter 4: Stress
- Chapter 5: Stress in the lithosphere
- Chapter 6: Rheology
- Chapter 7: Fracture and brittle deformation
- Chapter 8: Faults
- Chapter 9: Kinematics and paleostress in the brittle regime
- Chapter 10: Deformation at the microscale
- Chapter 11: Folds and folding
- Chapter 12: Foliation and cleavage
- Chapter 13: Lineations
- Chapter 14: Boudinage
- Chapter 15: Shear zones and mylonites
- Chapter 16: Contractional regimes
- Chapter 17: Extensional regimes
- Chapter 18: Strike-slip, transpression and transtension
- Chapter 19: Salt tectonics
- Chapter 20: Balancing and restoration
- Chapter 21: A glimpse of a larger picture
- Appendix A: More about the deformation matrix
- Appendix B: Stereographic projection
- Glossary
- References
- Cover and chapter image captions
- Index
