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Structural analysis and synthesis : a laboratory course in structural geology / created by Stephen M. Rowland, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Northern Arizona University, Arizona, Alexander Gates, Rutgers University, New Jersey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021Publisher: ©2021Edition: Fourth editionDescription: viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Structural analysis and synthesisLOC classification:
  • QE501 ROW
Contents:
1. Attitudes of lines and planes 2. Outcrop patterns and structure contours 3. Stereographic projection 4. Folds and cross sections 5. Stereographic analysis of folded rocks 6. Rotations and determining original directions in folded rocks 7. Foliations, parasitic folds, and superposed folds 8. Strain measurements in ductile rocks 9. Advanced strain measurements 10. Brittle failure 11. Analysis of fracture systems 12. Faults 13. Dynamic and kinematic analysis of faults 14. Structural synthesis 15. Deformation mechanisms in mylonites 16. Construction of balanced cross sections 17. Introduction to plate tectonics 18. Virtual field trip
Summary: "This manual is intended to serve as the primary resource for the laboratory portion of an introductory course in structural geology for undergraduate students. It is designed to accompany any of the available structural geology textbooks. It supports both the descriptive and quantitative parts of a course at approximately the same level of detail as most of the textbooks. The book retains 17 chapters to cover the standard 12-14 weeks of a semester plus several chapters with specialized themes. The organization places most of the areas deemed necessary to structural geology in the front of the manual followed by a synthesis of most of them and then the more specialized topics at the end. One of the most challenging aspects of structural geology for introductory students is visualizing 3-dimensional structural features and objects and representing them or projecting them on 2-dimensional diagrams for analysis. This is still the case even with computer programs to solve simple to complex problems. Students are strongly encouraged to use props to help visualize the real-world features rather than trying to imagine them. The exercises are much easier to solve and the methods understood using this approach"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Attitudes of lines and planes 2. Outcrop patterns and structure contours 3. Stereographic projection 4. Folds and cross sections 5. Stereographic analysis of folded rocks 6. Rotations and determining original directions in folded rocks 7. Foliations, parasitic folds, and superposed folds 8. Strain measurements in ductile rocks 9. Advanced strain measurements 10. Brittle failure 11. Analysis of fracture systems 12. Faults 13. Dynamic and kinematic analysis of faults 14. Structural synthesis 15. Deformation mechanisms in mylonites 16. Construction of balanced cross sections 17. Introduction to plate tectonics 18. Virtual field trip

"This manual is intended to serve as the primary resource for the laboratory portion of an introductory course in structural geology for undergraduate students. It is designed to accompany any of the available structural geology textbooks. It supports both the descriptive and quantitative parts of a course at approximately the same level of detail as most of the textbooks. The book retains 17 chapters to cover the standard 12-14 weeks of a semester plus several chapters with specialized themes. The organization places most of the areas deemed necessary to structural geology in the front of the manual followed by a synthesis of most of them and then the more specialized topics at the end. One of the most challenging aspects of structural geology for introductory students is visualizing 3-dimensional structural features and objects and representing them or projecting them on 2-dimensional diagrams for analysis. This is still the case even with computer programs to solve simple to complex problems. Students are strongly encouraged to use props to help visualize the real-world features rather than trying to imagine them. The exercises are much easier to solve and the methods understood using this approach"--

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