Structural Geology - 1st Edition By Haakon Fossen

Sinopsis

The structure of the book is in many ways traditional, going from strain (Chapters 2 and 3) to stress (Chapters 4 and 5) and via rheology (Chapter 6) to brittle deformation (Chapters 7 and 8). Of these, Chapter 2 contains material that would be too detailed and advanced for some students and classes, but selective reading is possible. Then, after a short introduction to the microscale structures and processes that distinguish crystal-plastic from brittle deformation (Chapter 10), ductile deformation structures such as folding, boudinage, foliations and shear zones are discussed (Chapters 11–15). Three consecutive chapters then follow that are founded on the three principal tectonic regimes (Chapters 16–18) before salt tectonics and restoration principles are presented (Chapters 19 and 20). A final chapter, where links to metamorphic petrology as well as stratigraphy are drawn, rounds off the book, and suggests that structural geology and tectonics largely rely on other disciplines. The chapters do not have to be read in numerical order, and most

chapters can be used individually.

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