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Basic Methods of Structural Geology, 1e
Complete coverage of all the basic topics of structural geology.Features introduces methods for strain analysis, balanced cross sections, down-plunge projections and structural analysis in poly-deformed terranes.Includes many worked-out examples and numerous maps, photographs, drawings and diagrams.
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Basic Methods of Structural Geology, 1e
Complete coverage of all the basic topics of structural geology. Features introduces methods for strain analysis, balanced cross sections, down-plunge projections and structural analysis in poly-deformed terranes. Includes many worked-out examples and numerous maps, photographs, drawings and diagrams.
Table of Contents
Introductory material: Orientation and location :
- Interpretation and construction of contour maps.
- Geometric methods I—Attitude calculations.
- Geometric methods II—Dimension calculations.
- Interpretation of simple outcrop patterns.
- Stereographic methods I—Concepts and plotting.
- Stereographic methods II—Poles and rotations.
- Calculation of layer attitude in drill holes.
- Equal-area projections and structural analysis II. Special Topics: Aspects of geological map interpretation.
- Analysis of joint, fault and lineament geometry.
- Description of structures in outcrop, hand sample and thin section.
- Construction of interpretive cross sections and block diagrams.
- Cross-section balancing.
- Interpretation of poly-deformed terrains.
- Analysis of two-dimensional finite strain.
- Rock-deformation experiments and more diagrams. Elements of cartography. Basic trigonometry. Suggestions for mapping geologic structures and structural associations.
| Book | |
|---|---|
| Author | Marshak |
| Pages | 464 |
| Year | 2017 |
| ISBN | 9789352864348 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Language | English |
| Uncategorized | |
| Edition | 1/e |
| Weight | 295 g |
| Dimensions | 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm |
| Binding | Paperback |