Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology /
Structural analysis & synthesis
Stephen M. Rowland, Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Ilsa M. Schiefelbein.
- 3rd ed.
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
- xi, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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.