ABSTRACT
Since the first edition was published in 1983, this highly-regarded introductory textbook has been used by many generations of students worldwide. It is specifically tailored to the requirements of first or second year geology undergraduates.
The third edition has been extensively revised and updated to include many new sections and over 50 new or redrawn illustrations. There are now over 220 illustrations, many incorporating a second colour to highlight essential features. The format has been changed to enhance the visual attractiveness of the book.
The tripartite organization of the first and second editions has been modified by combining the purely descriptive or factual aspects of fault and fold structure in the earlier chapters with a simple treatment of mechanisms, leaving the more geometrically complex treatment until after the relevant sections on stress and strain, as before. Some subjects are introduced for the first time, e.g. inversion and orogen collapse, and others have been extensively modified, e.g. the chapter on gravity controlled structures now emphasises modern work on salt tectonics. The last third of the book is devoted to the wider context of geological structures and how they relate to plate tectonics. The final two chapters have been considerably expanded and give examples of various types of geological structures in their plate tectonic settings in both modern and ancient orogenic belts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |138 pages
Geological Structures and Deformation
chapter |6 pages
Basic Concepts
chapter |16 pages
Faults and Fractures
chapter |15 pages
Folds
chapter |14 pages
Foliation, Lineation and Fabric
chapter |7 pages
Stress
chapter |8 pages
Strain
chapter |9 pages
Stress and Strain in Materials
chapter |10 pages
Determination of Strain in Rocks
chapter |10 pages
Faulting and Stress
chapter |20 pages
Strain in Folds and Shear Zones
chapter |9 pages
Structural Geology of Igneous Intrusions
chapter |8 pages
Gravity-Controlled Structures
part |54 pages
Geotectonics