Fundamentals of structural geology / David D. Pollard and Raymond C. Fletcher.

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Main Author: Pollard, David D.
Other Authors: Fletcher, Raymond C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Motivations and opportunities
  • Structural mapping techniques and tools
  • Characterizing structures using differential geometry
  • Physical quantities, fields, dimensions, and scaling
  • Deformation and flow
  • Force, traction, and stress
  • Conservation of mass and momentum
  • Elastic deformation
  • Brittle behavior
  • Viscous flow
  • Rheological behavior
  • Model development and methodology.