Analysis of geological structures /

Price, Neville J.

Analysis of geological structures / N.J. Price, J.W. Cosgrove. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990. - ix, 502 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Machine-derived contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Fundamental Principles; 2. Minor fractures --
their nomenclature and age relationships; 3. Concordant and discordant intrusions; 4. Diapirs, related structures and circular features; 5. Faults --
nomenclature, classification and basic concepts; 6. Strike-slip faults; 7. Overthrusts and thrust nappes; 8. Normal faults and associated structures; 9. Development of systematic fractures in slightly deformed sedimentary rocks; 10. Introduction to folding; 11. Surface and single layer buckling; 12. Multilayer folds and associated structures; 13. The buckling of anisotropic rocks; 14. Initiation of large buckle folds and fracture-fold relationships; 15. The life and times of a buckle fold; 16. Boudinage and pinch-and-swell structures; 17. Rock cleavage and other tectonic fabrics; 18. Structural analysis; Index.

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Geology, Structural

551.8 / PRI

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