Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions, 2nd Edition

by George H. Davis (The Univ. of Arizona--Tucson); Stephen J. Reynolds (Arizona State Univ.--Tempe)

• ISBN13: 9780471526216
• ISBN10: 0471526215
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

When author George Davis conceptualized the cover illustration for the first edition of Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions, he wanted to emphasize that the human adventure of learning comes from doing; and that new insight springs from careful, detailed examination of field relationships, viewed at all scales from rocks to regions. He asked illustrator David Fisher to combine four photos into the single painting, you see here. The geologist is enveloped by challenging structural relationships of folded rocks in outcrop; the curvature of back and neck, torqued as eyes and brain move closer and closer to clipboard, is the classic language of geologic mapping. When George Davis and new co-author Steve Reynolds contemplated the cover illustration for the second edition of Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions, they asked: "Who else is in the picture?" Stepping back, and handing David Fisher a couple of additional photos, the scene suddenly changed. The original geologist who had been sitting on the outcrop recording data is now up and walking around, gathering new data. A second geologist has moved into the new foreground, mapping and sketching a system of small-scale imbricate faults. Again, the head is torqued to handle the requirements of fine description and careful mapping. Like so many structural geologists, she seems to thrive on visualization of three-dimensional relationships.

Table of Contents

PART I FUNDAMENTALS	1	(202)
CHAPTER 1 Nature of Structural Geology	2	(36)
CHAPTER 2 Kinematic Analysis	38	(60)
CHAPTER 3 Dynamic Analysis	98	(52)
CHAPTER 4 Deformation Mechanisms and Microstructures	150	(53)
PART II STRUCTURES	203	(422)
CHAPTER 5 Joints and Shear Fractures	204	(65)
CHAPTER 6 Faults	269	(103)
CHAPTER 7 Folds	372	(52)
CHAPTER 8 Cleavage, Foliation, and Lineation	424	(69)
CHAPTER 9 Shear Zones and Progressive Deformation	493	(71)
CHAPTER 10 Plate Tectonics	564	(54)
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS	618	(7)
PART III DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS	625
REFERENCES	738	(19)
AUTHOR INDEX	757	(3)
SUBJECT INDEX	760