Structural geology

"Lavishly illustrated in color, this textbook takes an applied approach to introduce undergraduate students to the basic principles of structural geology. The book provides unique links to industry applications in the upper crust, including petroleum and groundwater geology, which highlight the importance of structural geology in exploration and exploitation of petroleum and water resources. Topics range from faults and fractures forming near the surface to shear zones and folds of the deep crust. Students are engaged through examples and parallels drawn from practical everyday situations, enabling them to connect theory with practice. Containing numerous end-of-chapter problems, e-learning modules, and with stunning field photos and illustrations, this book provides the ultimate learning experience for all students of structural geology"--

Cover13; -- Contents13; -- How to use this book -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of symbols -- Structural geology and structural analysis -- 1.1 Approaching structural geology -- 1.2 Structural geology and tectonics -- 1.3 Structural data sets -- 1.4 Field data -- 1.5 Remote sensing and geodesy -- 1.6 DEM, GIS and Google Earth -- 1.7 Seismic data -- 1.8 Experimental data -- 1.9 Numerical modeling -- 1.10 Other data sources -- 1.11 Organizing the data -- 1.12 Structural analysis -- 1.13 Concluding remarks -- Deformation -- 2.1 What is deformation? -- 2.2 Components of deformation -- 2.3 System of reference -- 2.4 Deformation: detached from history -- 2.5 Homogeneous and heterogeneous deformation -- 2.6 Mathematical description of deformation -- 2.7 One-dimensional strain -- 2.8 Strain in two dimensions -- 2.9 Three-dimensional strain -- 2.10 The strain ellipsoid -- 2.11 More about the strain ellipsoid -- 2.12 Volume change -- 2.13 Uniaxial strain (compaction) -- 2.14 Pure shear and coaxial deformations -- 2.15 Simple shear -- 2.16 Subsimple shear -- 2.17 Progressive deformation and flow parameters -- 2.18 Velocity field -- 2.19 Flow apophyses -- 2.20 Vorticity and Wk -- 2.21 S…