Structural Analysis and Synthesis : A Laboratory Course in Structural Geology

by Rowland, Stephen M.; Duebendorfer, Ernest M.; Schiefelbein, Ilsa M.

• ISBN13: 9781405116527
• ISBN10: 1405116528
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2007-01-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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. Guided by studentsrs" and instructorsrs" suggestions, the authors have refined several exercises and added new ones for this third edition. In addition, every figure has been redrafted to improve clarity, and the Bree Creek Quadrangle map has been compiled onto a single fold-out sheet. An instructorrs"s manual is available on request from the publisher to assist the laboratory instructor in the use of the book.

Author Biography

Ernest M. Duebendorfer is a Professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

Table of Contents

Preface

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

Appendix

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